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LITURGY 

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THE GENERAL CHURCH 



OF THE 

NEW JERUSALEM 



BRYN ATHYN, PA. 

ACADEMY BOOK ROOM 
1908 



LIBRARY of CONGRESS 
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JUN 22 1908 

CLASS 4 XXc, No. 
CfcPY 8. 



Copyright, 1904, 1905, and 1908, by 
The General Church of the New Jerusalem. 



Typography by Anderson Bros.. Chicago. 



Contents, 



Page. 

I. SENTENCES OF SCRIPTURE i 

m GENERAL OFFICES . . . . . . 5 

OFFICES OF HUMILIATION. 

1. First General Office . .... .5 

2. Second General Office . . . . . 13 

3. Third General Office . . . . . . 20 

4. Fourth General Office . . . . . 27 

5. Fifth General Office . . • ... . 36 

6. Sixth General Office 46 

OFFICES OF GLORIFICATION. 

7. Seventh General Office . . . . -55 

8. Eighth General Office . . . . . 62 

9. Ninth General Office . . . . .69 

10. Tenth General Office . . . . 76 

1 1 . Eleventh General Office . . ■ ~ . .80 

A SHORT SERVICE. 

12. Twelfth General Office 83 

III. ANTIPHONS . . . . . . . . .86 

1. Advent of the Lord . . . . . 86 

2. Evangelization . . . . . . .92 

3. Faith . . . . . . . . 98 

4. Repentance . . . ji . 104 

5. Regeneration . . . . . no 

6. Humiliation of the Lord . . . . .116 

7. Redemption . . . . . . . 122 

8. Glorification . • . . . . .128 

9. Conjunction with the Human Race . . 134 

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IV CONTENTS. 

Page. 

10. The Lord . . . . . . . 140 

11. The Word 146 

12. The Holy Spirit ...... 152 

13. The Second Coming 158 

14. The New Church . . . . . . 164 

15. Unity of God 170 

16. Creation . . . . . . . .176 

17. Divine Providence . . . . . 182 

18. Thanksgiving .188 

19. Love, Charity and Works . . . . 194 

20. Eternal Life ....... 200 

IV. THE PSALTER. . . . . . . .206 

V. THE LAW . . . . 282 

VI. THE GOSPEL ........ 292 

VII. THE DOCTRINE . .302 

GENERAL CONFESSIONS OF FAITH. . . 302 
GENERAL DOCTRINE. 

1 . Advent of the Lord 306 

2. Evangelization . . . . . . . 308 

3. Faith . . ... . . .308 

4. Repentance . . . . . . . 309 

5. Regeneration . . . . . . 311 

6. Humiliation of the Lord . . . . .313 

7. Redemption . . . . . .314 

8. Glorification . . . . . . 316 

9. Conjunction with the Human Race . . 317 

10. The Lord . .... . ... 318 

11. The Word ... . . . . 320 

12. The Holy Spirit ...... 322 

13. The Second Coming ..... 323 

14. The New Church ...... 326 

15. Unity of God 329 

16. Creation 330 

17. Divine Providence ..... 332 

18. Thanksgiving . . . . . . . 334 



CONTENTS. 



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Page. 

19. Love, Charity and Works .... 334 

20. Eternal Life 338 

21. Baptism . 343 

22. The Holy Supper , . . . . 345 

VIII. PRAYERS . . 349 

General Prayers . . . . . . .349 

Prayers at Meals .391 

IX. SACRAMENTS AND RITES ..... 393 

1. Baptism 393 

2. The Holy Supper 399 

3. Confession of Faith, or Confirmation . . 407 

4. Betrothal 412 

5. Marriage .415 

6. Ordination .419 

7. Burial of the Dead 429 

X. CHANTS ...... . . , . 438 

XI. HYMNS . . ... . . . . 501 

XII. ANTHEMS . . 722 

The Sanctus ....... 763 

Amens ......... 780 

INDEX OF SUBJECTS . . . . . .781 

INDEX OF CHANTS, HYMNS AND ANTHEMS . 791 

CHANTING . .807 

RUBRIC NOTES . . . . ' „ . . . 813 



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Sentences of Scripture. 



One or more of the following Sentences of Scripture may be read before the Invitation to 
Worship. 

I will come into Thy house in the multitude of Thy mercy; in 
Thy fear will I worship toward Thy holy temple. Psalm $: y. 

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, 
be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. 
Psalm 19: 14. 

Be Thou exalted, O Lord, in Thine own strength; so will we sing 
and praise Thy power. Psalm 21: 13. 

My praise shall be of Thee, O Lord, in the great congregation; I 
will pay my vows before them that fear Thee. Psalm 22: 25. 

All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep 
His covenant and His testimonies. Psalm 25: 10. 

One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I 
may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold 
the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in His temple. Psalm 2j: 4. 

I have acknowledged my sin unto Thee, and mine iniquity have I 
not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the Lord; and 
Thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Psalm 32: 5. 

Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we hope in 
Thee. Psalm 33: 22. 

O taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man that 
trusteth in Him. Psalm 34: 8. 

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SENTENCES OE SCRIPTURE. 



The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite 
heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise. Psalm 51: 17. 

Thy vows are upon me, O God; I will render praise unto Thee; 
for Thou hast delivered my soul from death. Psalm 56: 12, 13. 

All the earth shall worship Thee, O Lord, and shall sing unto 
Thee; they shall sing to Thy name. Psalm 66: 4, 

Let the people praise Thee, O God; let all the people praise Thee. 
Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, 
shall bless us. God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall 
fear Him. Psalm 67: 5, 6, 7. 

Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the 
God of our salvation. Psalm 68: 19. 

Vow and make a return unto the Lord your God; let all that be 
round about Him bring an offering unto Him, who is to be feared. 
Psalm 76: 11. 

The Lord God is a sun and a shield; the Lord will give grace and 
glory; no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly. 
Psalm 84: 11. 

All nations whom Thou hast made shall come and worship before 
Thee, O Lord, and shall glorify Thy name. Psalm 86: 9. 

I will praise Thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart; and I will 
glorify Thy name for evermore. Psalm 86: 12. 

To-day if ye will hear His voice, harden not your heart, as in 
the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness. 

Psalm 95: 7, 8. 

Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at His footstool; for He 
is holy. Psalm 99: 5. 

Knter into His gates with thanksgiving, into His courts with 
praise; be thankful unto Him, and bless His name. For the Lord is 
good; His mercy is everlasting; and His truth is to all generations. 

Psalm 100: 4,5. 



SENTENCES OF SCRIPTURE. 



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Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His 
holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His 
benefits. Psalm ioj: z, 2. 

O Lord, how manifold are Thy works! in wisdom hast Thou made 
them all; the earth is full of Thy riches. Psalm 104: 24. 

that men would praise the Lord for His mercy, and for His 
wonderful works to the children of men. Psalm 107: 8. 

Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and Thy glory above 
all the earth. Psalm 108: 5. 

The Lord is gracious and full of compassion. He hath given 
meat unto them that fear Him. He will ever be mindful of His 
covenant. Psalm irr: 4, 5. 

Thou art my portion, O Lord; I said that I would keep Thy words. 
I entreated Thy favor with my whole heart; be merciful unto me ac- 
cording to Thy Word. Psalm Tig: 57, 58. 

Let my prayer be set before Thee as incense; and the lifting up of 
my hands, as the evening sacrifice. Set a watch, O Lord, before my 
mouth; keep the door of my lips. Psalm 141: 2, 3. 

The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His 
works. Psalm 145: 9. 

The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon Him, to all that call 
upon Him in truth. Psalm 145: 18. 

My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord; and let all flesh 
bless His holy name for ever and ever. Psalm 145: 21. 

Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. For He 
hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children 
within thee. He maketh peace in thy borders, He filleth thee with 
the finest of the wheat. Psalm 14J: 12, 13, 14. 

1 will make mention of the lovingkindness of the Lord, and the 
praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed upon 
us, and His great goodness toward the house of Israel. Isaiah 63; 7. 



4 



SENTENCES OF SCRIPTURE. 



The Lord is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before 
Him. Habakkuk 2: 20. 

From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same 
my name shall be great among the nations; and in every place incense 
shall be offered to my name, and a pure offering; for my name shall be 
great among the nations, saith the Lord of hosts. Malachi 1: it. 

Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as 
touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my 
Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in 
my name, there am I in the midst of them. Matthew 18: 19, 20. 

Therefore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire when ye 
pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. And 
when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any; that 
your Father also, who is in heaven, may forgive you your trespasses. 
Mark 11: 24, 25. 

I will arise and go to my Father, and will say unto Him, Father, 
I have sinned against heaven and before Thee, and am no more worthy 
to be called Thy son. Luke 15: 18, 19. 

The hour cometh and now is, when the true worshippers shall 
worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father seeketh such 
to worship Him. God is a spirit, and they that worship Him must 
worship Him in spirit and in truth. John 4: 23, 24. 

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the 
Father may be glorified in the Son. John 14: 13. 

Behold I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear my voice, 
and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and 
he with me. Revelation 3: 20. 



General ©fHcee. 



FIRST GENERAL OFFICE. 

An Introit shall be sung. 

Having entered, and opened the Word, the Minister may repeat one or more Sentences of 
Scripture. 

The Minister shall then say: 

O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the 
Lord our Maker. 

All kneeling, the Minister and People shall say together: 

Lord, deliver us from the vanity of the world and the allure- 
ment of the flesh, from the pride of intelligence and the lust of power, 
from sordid avarice and covetous desire, from all murmuring and dis- 
content, from all ingratitude to Thee and to our neighbor. And we 
pray that our hearts may be disposed to forgiveness and mercy, and 
that we may live, not for ourselves alone, but for Thee and the glory 
of Thy kingdom now and evermore. Amen. 

Minister: 

1 cry unto Thee, O Lord, and unto Thee do I make my supplication. 

People: 

Hear us, O Lord, and have mercy upon us. 

Minister: 

For Thou art our help and our deliverer. 

People: 

Thou art the God of our salvation. 

The Minister and People shall say together: 

Our Father, who art in the heavens, hallowed be Thy name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven so upon the earth. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also 
forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us 
from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
forever. Amen. 

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6 GENERAL, OFFICES. 

Minister: 

O Lord, forgive us our trespasses. 

People: 

As we forgive those who trespass against us. 



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All standing, the Minister shall say: 

Glory be to the Lord God our Savior Jesus Christ. 

People: 

He is Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First 
and the Last. 

Minister: 

Amen. Praise ye the Lord. 



FIRST GENERAL OFFICE. 

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The Minister and People shall read in alternate lines the following, or other Selection from the 
Psalter: 

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness; 

According to the multitude of Thy tender mercies blot out my 
transgressions. 
Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, 

And cleanse me from my sin. 
For I acknowledge my transgressions; 

And my sin is ever before me. 
Against Thee, against Thee only, have I sinned, 

And done this evil in Thy sight; 
That Thou mightest be justified when Thou speakest, 

And be pure when Thou judgest. 
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; 

And in sin did my mother conceive me. 



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GENERAL OFFICES. 



Behold, Thou desirest truth in the reins, 

And in the hidden part Thou makest me to know wisdom. 
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; 

Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 
Make me to hear joy and gladness, 

That the bones which Thou hast broken may rejoice. 
Hide Thy face from my sins, 

And blot out all mine iniquities. 
Create in me a clean heart, O God; 

And renew a firm spirit within me. 
Cast me not away from Thy presence; 

And take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. 
Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation; 

And let a willing spirit uphold me. 
And I will teach trangressors Thy ways; 

And sinners shall be converted unto Thee. 
Deliver me from blood, O God, Thou God of my salvation; 

And my tongue shall sing aloud of Thy justice. 
O Lord, open Thou my lips; 

And my mouth shall show forth Thy praise. 
For Thou desirest not sacrifice, that I should give it; 

Thou delightest not in burnt offering. 
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; 

A broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise. 
Do good in Thy good pleasure unto Zion; 

Build Thou the walls of Jerusalem. 
Then shalt Thou be pleased with the sacrifices of justice, 

With burnt offering and whole burnt offering; 
Then shall they offer bullocks upon Thine altar. 

Psalm 51. 



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Know ye that the | Lord | He is | God; 

He hath made us and not | we our | selves; 

We are His people, and the | sheep | of His | pasture. 

Come into His | gates | with thanks [ giving, 

Into His | courts with | praise; 

Be thankful unto [ Him and | bless His | name. 

For the j Lord | He is | good; 
His mercy is J ever | lasting; 

And His truth is from gener | ation • to | gener | ation. 

Psalm 100. 

The People sitting, the First Lesson shall be read. 



Then shall be sung the following, or other Psalm of Praise: 




My soul cleaveth | unto • the | dust; 

Quicken Thou me ac | cording | to Thy | Word. 

I have declared my ways, and Thou hast I answer • ed | me; 

6 | teach | me Thy | statutes. 

Make me to understand the way of | Thy com j mandments, 

And I will | talk of • Thy | w T ondrous | w r orks. 

My soul | melteth • for | heaviness; 

Lift Thou me up ac | cording | to Thy | Word. 

Remove from me the | way of | lying, 
And graciously | grant | me Thy | law. 
I have chosen the | way of | truth; 
Thy judgments | have I | laid be | fore me. 

I cleave | unto • Thy | testimonies; 

Lord, | put me | not to | shame. 

1 will run the way of | Thy com | mandments, 
For Thou | shalt en | large my | heart. 

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GENERAL OEFICES. 



The Minister and People shall then read together the following, or other General Confession; or 
the Minister may read instead thereof a passage from the General Doctrine: 

I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the almighty and everlasting 
God, the Maker of heaven and earth, the Redeemer and Savior of the 
world. 

I believe in the Sacred Scripture, the Word of God, the Fountain 
of wisdom, the Source of life, and the Way to heaven. 

I believe in the Second Coming of the Lord, in the Spiritual Sense 
of the Word, and in the Heavenly Doctrine of the New Jerusalem. 

I believe in the New Angelic Heaven, in the New Christian 
Church, in the communion of angels and men, in repentance from sin, 
in the life of charity, in the resurrection of man, in the judgment after 
death, and in the life everlasting. 

Then shall be sung the Gloria to the music of the preceding Chant : 

Glory and might be | unto i Him, 

For | ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who j is to J come, 

The | Al | might | y. Amen. 

The People sitting, the Second Lesson shall be read. 

Then shall be sung the following, or other Chant or Anthem: 




My soul doth ' magni • fy the | Lord, 
And my spirit doth re | joice in God my 
For He \ hath re | garded 
The low es tate of | His hand | maiden. 



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For behold | from hence | forth 
All gener ations • shall call me blessed; 
For He that is might}' hath done to me great 
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And His rnercy is on ' them that : fear Him 
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He hath show-ed strength ' with His ! arm, 
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He hath put down the mighty | from their | seats, 
And exalted | them of j low de | gree; 
He hath fill-ed the j hungry • with | good things, 
And the rich He hath | sent a | way | empty. 

He hath help-ed His j servant J Israel, 
In re | membrance j of His | mere}-. 
As He spake | to our | fathers, 

To Abraham and | to his | seed for | ever. Luke i: 46-55- 

The Minister shall say: 

Our help is in the name of the Lord. 

People: 

Who made the heaven and the earth. 

Minister: 

His salvation is nigh unto them that fear Him. 

People: 

To them that hope in His mercy. 

Minister: 

Let us pray. 

All kneeling, the Minister shall say: 

O Lord, let our supplications come before Thee. 

People: 

And deliver us according to Th}^ Word. 

The Minister shall then repeat a suitable Prayer. 

The People still kneeling, the Minister standing shall say: 

And God spake all these words saying, I am the Lord thy God. 

Thou shalt have no other gods before my face.. 

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. 

Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. 

Honor thy father and thy mother. 

Thou shalt not kill. 

Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

Thou shalt not steal. 

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. 
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house. 

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor 
his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy 
neighbor's. 

People: 

Lord, have mercy upon us, and write Thy law in our hearts. 

The Minister may here read from the Law or the Gospel. 



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GENERAL OFFICES. 



The Minister kneeling shall say: 

Hear, O Lord, the petitions of Thine unworthy servants, and 
grant unto us that we, being delivered from our enemies, may serve 
Thee without fear, all the days of our life. Amen. 

The Minister may add or substitute one or more suitable Prayers. 
The People still kneeling, the Minister standing shall say: 

Grace be unto you, and peace, from Him who is, and who was, 
and who is to come. Amen. 

All standing, the Alleluia shall be sutig to the music of the preceding Chant: 

Alle | lu | ia. 

Salvation and | glory, and | honor, and | power, 
Be unto the | Lord our | God. 
Al | le | lu | ia. 

The People sitting, the Third Lesson shall be read. 

A Hymn or Psalm of Praise shall be sung; a portion from an Antiphon maybe added or 
substituted. 

The Minister may then read a portion from the Law or the Gospel, or from the General 
Doctrine, the People sitting. 

An Interlude shall follow, after which there may be a Period of Silence. 

A Hymn or Psalm of Praise may then be sung. 

The Sermon shall here follow. 

The People shall then rise, and the Minister shall say: 

And now to the one only God, Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory and 
dominion, for ever and ever. Amen. 

A Hymn or Psalm of Praise shall be sung. 

The Offertory shall then be sung, or the Offering may be brought forward during the previous 
singing. 

All kneeling, the Minister shall repeat one or more suitable Prayers. 
The People still kneeling, the Benediction shall follow. 

A Doxology shall then be sung, the People standing; during which the Minister shall close the 
Word and retire. 



SECOND GENERAL OFFICE. 



An Introit shall be sung. 

Having entered, and opened the Word, the Minister may repeat one or more Sentences of 
Scripture. 

The Minister shall then say: 

O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord 
our Maker. 

All kneeling, the Minister and People shall say together: 

O Lord, we have wandered from Thy way; we have offended 
against Thy law; we have cherished evil lust and sinful desire; we 
have yielded to the cares and anxieties of the world; we are not con- 
tent with our lot; our heart is cold and our faith is weak; we sup- 
plicate Thy mercy and forgiveness; grant unto us the power to turn 
aside from our sinful ways, that we may follow Thee by acts of daily 
repentance in a life of obedience to Thy law, from this time forth 
and for evermore. Amen. 

Minister: 

Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver us. 

People: 

O Lord, make haste to help us. 

Minister: 

Show us Thy mercy, O Lord. 

People: 

And grant us Thy salvation. 

The Minister and People shall say together: 

Our Father, who art in the heavens, hallowed be Thy name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven so upon the earth. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we 
also forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but de- 
liver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and 
the glory, forever. Amen. 

Minister: 

O Lord, forgive us our trespasses. 

People: 

As we forgive those who trespass against us. 

(13) 



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GENERAL OFFICES. 



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All standing, the Minister shall say: 

Glory be to the Lord God our Savior Jesus Christ. 

People: 

He is Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First 
and the Last. 

Minister: 

Amen. Praise ye the Lord. 

The Sanctus shall then be sung: 
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The Minister and People shall read in alternate lines the following, or other Selection from 
the Psalter: 

I will extol Thee, my God, O King; 

And I will bless Thy name for ever and ever. 

Every day will I bless Thee; 

And I will praise Thy name for ever and ever. 

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; 
And His greatness is unsearchable. 

Generation to generation shall praise Thy works, 
And shall declare Thy mighty acts. 

I will speak of the glorious honor of Thy majesty, 
And of Thy wondrous works. 

And men shall speak of the might of Thy terrible acts; 
And I will declare Thy greatness. 

They shall pour forth the memory of Thy great goodness, 
And shall sing of Thy justice. 

The Lord is gracious and merciful; 
Slow to anger, and of great mercy. 

The Lord is good to all, 

And His tender mercies are over all His works. 

Psalm 145: 7-9. 



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Make a joyful noise unto the Lord | all the | earth; 
Make a loud noise and re | joice and | sing | praise. 
Sing unto the Lord | with the | harp; 
With the harp and the | voice | of a | psalm. 

"With trumpets and the voice | of a | cornet 
Make a joyful noise be | fore the | King, the | Lord. 
Let the sea roar and the | fulness • there | of; 
The world and | they that | dwell there | in. 

Let the rivers | clap their | hands; 

Let the mountains be joyful to | gether • be | fore the | Lord; 
For He cometh to | judge the | earth; 

He shall judge the world with justice, and the | people | with up | 
Tightness. 

Psalm 98: 4-9. 

The People sitting, the First Lesson shall be read. 

Then shall be sung the following, or other Psalm of Praise: 

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Thou art my | portion, O | Lord; 

I have said that I would | keep | Thy | words. 

I entreated Thy face with my | whole | heart; 

Be merciful unto me ac | cording | to Thy | Word. 



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I thought I on my | ways, 

And turned iny | feet | unto • Thy | testimonies. 
I made haste and de | lay • ed | not 
To I keep | Thy com | mandments. 

The cords of the wicked have en | compass • ed | me; 
But I have | not for | gotten • Thy | law. 
At midnight I will rise to give j thanks • unto | Thee 
Because of the | judgments | of Thy | justice. 

I am a companion of all | them that | fear Thee, 
And of I them that | keep Thy | precepts. 
The earth O Lord is | full • of Thy | mercy; 
I teach I me Thy | statutes. 

Psalm 119: 57-64. 



The Minister arid People shall then read together the following, or other General Confession; 
or the Minister ?nay read instead thereof a passage from the General Doctrine: 

The I^ord Jesus Christ is the one only God, in whom is the Divine 
Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; who came into the world to 
subjugate the hells and glorify His Human; who removed hell from 
man by combats against it and victories over it; who reduced hell 
into order and under obedience to Himself; who united the Human, 
which He assumed in the world, to the Divine in Himself; who 
admitted temptations into His Human, even to the last of them, which 
was the passion of the cross. Without this Divine work no mortal 
could have been saved; and they are saved, who live well and believe 
in Him. 

Then shall be sung the Gloria to the music of the preceding Chant: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and [ ever, A | men; 

"Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The I Al I migh | ty. Amen. 

The People sitting, the Second Lesson shall be read. 



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GENERAL OFFICES. 



Then shall be siing the following, or other Chant or Anthem: 

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Blessed be the Lord | God of | Israel; 

For He hath visited and re | deem • ed | His | people, 

And hath raised up an horn of sal | vation • for | us 

In the | house • of His [ servant | David. 

As He spake by the mouth of His | holy j ones, 
His | prophets | from the • be | ginning, 
That we should be sav-ed j from our | enemies, 
And from the | hand of | all that | hate us. 

To be merciful | to our | fathers, 

And to re | member • His | holy | covenant; 

The oath which He sware to our father | Abra | ham, 

That | He would | grant • unto | us, 

That we being delivered from the hand | of our | enemies, 

Might | serve Him | without | fear, 

In holiness | and in | justice, 

Before | Him through | all our | days. 

Luke i: 68-75. 

The Minister shall say: 

Our help is in the name of the Lord. 

People: 

Who made the heaven and the earth. 

Minister: 

His salvation is nigh unto them that fear Him. 

People: 

To them that hope in His mercy. 

Minister: 

L,et us pray. 

All kneeling, the Minister shall say: 

O Lord, let our supplications come before Thee. 

People: 

And deliver us according to Thy Word. 

The Minister shall then repeat a suitable Prayer. 



SECOND GENERAL OEEICE. 



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The People still kneeling, the Minister standing shall say: 

And God spake all these words saying, I am the Lord thy God. 

Thou shalt have no other gods before my face. 

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. 

Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. 

Honor thy father and thy mother. 

Thou shalt not kill. 

Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

Thou shalt not steal. 

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. 
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house. 

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor 
his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy 
neighbor's. 

People: 

Lord, have mercy upon us, and write Thy law in our hearts. 

The Minister may here read from the Law or the Gospel. 
The Minister kneeling shall say: 

Hear, O Lord, the petitions of Thine unworthy servants; and 
grant unto us, that we, being delivered from our enemies, may serve 
Thee without fear, all the days of our life. Amen. 

The Minister may add or substitute one or more suitable Prayers. 
The People still kneeling, the Minister standing shall say: 

Grace be unto you, and peace, from Him who is, and who was, 
and who is to come. Amen. 

All standing, the Alleluia shall be sung to the music of the preceding Chant: 

Alle I lu I ia. 

Salvation and | glory, and | honor, and | power, 
Be unto the | Lord our | God. 
Al I le I lu I ia. 

The People sitting, the Third Lesson shall be read. 

A Hymn or Psalm of Praise shall be sung; a portion from an Antiphon may be added or 
substituted. 

The Minister may then read a portion from the Law or the Gospel, or from the General 
Doctrine, the People sitting. 

An Interlude shall follow, after which there may be a Period of Silence. 

A Hymn or Psalm of Praise may then be sung. 

The Sermon shall here follow. 

The remainder of the Service shall be the same as in the First General Office. 



THIRD GENERAL OFFICE. 



An Tntroit shall be sung. 

Having entered, and opened the Word, the Minister may repeat one or more Sentences of 
Scripture. 

The Minister shall then say: 

O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord 
our Maker. 

All kneeling, the Minister and People shall say together: 

O Lord, we have sinned against Thee; we have not obeyed Thy 
law; our way is corrupt and defiled; we have cherished ill will 
against our neighbor; we have not put our trust in Thee; grant us 
Thy saving power, that we may have strength to do Thy will; for 
Thou, O Lord, art our Father and our Redeemer, Thy name is 
from everlasting. Amen. 

Minister: 

Hear us, O Lord, when we call. 

People: 

And withhold not Thy tender mercies from us. 

Minister: 

Turn Thou us unto Thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned. 

People: 

For Thou art the Lord our God. 

The Minister and People shall say together: 

Our Father, who art in the heavens, hallowed be Thy name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven so upon the earth. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we 
also forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but de- 
liver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and 
the glory, forever. Amen. 

(20) 



THIRD GENERAL, OFFICE. 

Minister: 

O Lord, forgive us our trespasses. 

People: 

As we forgive those who trespass against us. 

Then shall the following be said or sung by the Minister and People together: 



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All standing, the Minister shall say: 

Glory be to the Lord God our Savior Jesus Christ. 

People: 

He is Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First 
and the Last. 



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Amen. Praise ye the Lord. 



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GENERAL OFFICES. 



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The Minister and People shall read in alternate lines the following, or other Selection from 
the Psalter: 

All Thy works shall praise Thee, O Lord; 
And Thy saints shall bless Thee. 

They shall speak of the glory of Thy kingdom, 
And talk of Tl^ power; 

To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, 
And the glorious majesty of His kingdom. 

Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, 
And Thy dominion to all generations. 

The Lord upholdeth all that fall, 

And raiseth up all that are bowed down. 



THIRD GENERAL OFFICE. 



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The eyes of all wait upon Thee, 

And Thou givest them their meat in its season. 

Thou openest Thine hand, 

And satisfiest the desire of every living thing. 

The Lord is just in all His ways, 
And holy in all His works. 

The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon Him, 
To all that call upon Him in truth. 

He will fulfill the desire of them that fear Him; 
He also will hear their cry and save them. 

The Lord preserveth all them that love Him; 
But all the wicked will He destroy. 

My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord; 

And let all flesh bless His holy name for ever and ever. 

Psalm 145: 10-21. 



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Sing unto the Lord a | new | song, 

His praise in the | congre | gation • of | saints. 

Let Israel rejoice | in his | Maker; 

Let the sons of Zion re | joice | in their | King. 

Let them praise His name | in the | dance; 

Let them sing praise unto Him | with the | timbrel • and | harp. 
For the Lord taketh pleasure | in His | people, 
The afflicted will He | glori • fy | with sal | vation. 

Psalm 140; 1-4. 



The People sitting, the First Lesson shall be read. 



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GENERAL, OFFICES. 



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Praise Him ye | servants | of the | Lord; 
Ye that stand in the house | of the | Lord, 
In the courts of the | house of | our | God. 

Praise the Lord, for the | Lord is | good; 
Sing praises to His | name, for | it is | pleasant. 
For the Lord hath chosen Jacob | for Him | self, 
And Israel | for His | own pos | session. 

For I know that the | Lord is | great, 

And that our Lord | is a | bove all | gods. 

Whatsoever He willeth the | Lord | doeth, 

In heaven and in earth, in the | sea • and in | all | deeps. 

Psalm 135: 1-6. 

The Minister and People shall then read together the following, or other General Confession; 
or the Minister may read instead thereof a passage from the General Doctrine: 

I believe in the one only living and true God, our Lord and 
Savior Jesus Christ, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; who as God in- 
carnate did come into the world and take upon Himself our nature; 
who endured temptation, even to the Passion of the Cross, and over- 
came the hells; who glorified His Human and took unto Himself 
all power in heaven and on earth. Without Him no mortal could 
have been saved; and they are saved who believe in Him and keep 
the commandments of His Word. 

Then shall be sung the Gloria to the music of the preceding Chant: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The I Al I migh | ty. Amen. 



THIRD GENERAL OFFICE. 2$ 

The People sitting, the Second Lesson shall be read. 

Then shall be sung the following, or other Chant or Anthem: 




Now let Thy servant O Lord, de | part in | peace, 
Ac | cording | to Thy | Word; 

For mine eyes have seen | Thy sal | vation, 

Which Thon hast prepared before the | face of | all | people; 

A light to | lighten • the | Gentiles, 
And the glory | of Thy [ people | Israel. 

Luke 2: 29-32. 

The Minister shall say: 

Our help is in the name of the Lord. 

People: 

Who made the heaven and the earth. 

Minister: 

His salvation is nigh unto them that fear Him. 

People: 

To them that hope in His mercy. 

Minister: 

Let us pray. 

All kneeling, the Minister shall say : 

O Lord, let our supplications come before Thee. 

People: 

And deliver us according to Thy Word. 

The Minister shall then repeat a suitable Prayer. 



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GENERAL OFFICES. 



The People still kneeling, the Minister standing shall say: 

And God spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy God. 

Thou shalt have no other gods before my face. 

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. 

Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. 

Honor thy father and thy mother. 

Thou shalt not kill. 

Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

Thou shalt not steal. 

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. 
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house. 

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor 
his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy 
neighbor's. 

People: 

Lord have mercy upon us, and write Thy law in our hearts. 

The Minister may here read from the Law or the Gospel. 
The Minister kneeling shall say: 

Hear, O Lord, the petitions of Thine unworthy servants; and grant 
unto us, that we, being delivered from our enemies, may serve Thee 
without fear all the days of our life. Amen. 

The Minister may add or substitute one or more suitable Prayers. 
The People still kneeling, the Minister standing shall say: 

Grace be unto you, and peace, from Him who is, and who was, 
and who is to come. Amen. 

All standing, the Alleluia shall be sung to the music of the preceding Chant: 

Alle | lu | ia. 

Salvation and | glory, and | honor, and | power, 
Be unto the | Lord our | God. 
Al | le | lu | ia. 

The People sitting, the Third Lesson shall be read. 

A Hymn or Psalm of Praise shall be sung; a portion from an Antiphon ?nay be added or 
substituted. 

The Minister may then read a portion from the Law or the Gospel, or from the General 
Doctrine, the People sitting. 

An Lnterlude shall follow, after which there may be a Period of Silence. 

A Hymn or Psalm of Praise may then be sung. 

The Sermon shall here follow. 

The remainder of the Service shall be the same as in the First General Office. 



FOURTH GENERAL OFFICE. 



An Introit shall be sung. 

Having entered, and opened the Word, the Minister may repeat one or more Sentences of 
Scripture. 

The Minister shall then say: 

O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the 
Lord our Maker. 

All kneeling, the Minister and People shall say together: 

O Lord, we confess before Thee our sins and manifold trans- 
gressions, beseeching forgiveness and mercy, imploring power and 
help to walk in the way of Thy commandments, that our hearts 
may turn unto Thee, and open to receive the blessings of Thy 
bounteous mercy and grace. Amen. 

Minister: 

Give ear, O Lord, to our prayer. 

People: 

Attend to the voice of our supplication. 

Minister: 

Draw near unto us, and have mercy upon us. 

People: 

For Thou art the rock of our salvation. 

The Minister and People shall say together: 

Our Father, who art in the heavens, hallowed be Thy name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven so upon the earth. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also 
forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us 
from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
forever. Amen. 

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GENERAL OFFICES. 



Minister: 

O Lord, forgive us our trespasses. 



People: 

As we forgive those who trespass against us. 

Then shall the following be said or sung by the Minister and People together: 

Heavenly Father, graciously hear us; 
Hear the petitions we offer before Thee; 
And let Thy mercy rest upon us. 




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Glory be to the Lord God our Savior Jesus Christ. 

People: 

He is Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First 
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FOURTH GENERAL OFFICE. 



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Psalter: 

Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, 

That delighteth greatly in His commandments. 

His seed shall be mighty upon earth; 

The generation of the upright shall be blessed. 

Wealth and riches shall be in his house; 
And his justice shall stand for ever. 

Unto the upright light ariseth in darkness; 
He is gracious, and merciful, and just. 

A good man is merciful, and lendeth; 
He will guide his affairs with judgment. 

For he shall not be moved for ever; 

The just shall be in everlasting remembrance. 

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; 
His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. 

Psalm 112: 1-'/. 



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GENERAL OFFICES. 



Then shall be sung the following, or other Psalm of Praise: 




It is good to give thanks | unto • the | Lord, 
And to sing praise to Thy | name O | Thou most 
To show forth Thy mercy | in the | morning, 
And Thy I truth | in the | night. 



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Upon an instrument of ten strings, and up | on the | psaltery; 
Upon the harp | with a | joyful | sound; 

For Thou O Lord hast made me glad | through Thy | work; 
I will rejoice in the | works | of Thy | hands. 

How great are Thy | works O | Lord; 

Thy | thoughts are | very | deep. 

A brutish man | knoweth | not; 

Neither doth a | fool • under | stand | this. 

When the wicked spring forth | as the | grass, 
And all the workers of in j iqui | ty do | flourish, 
Then shall they be de | stroyed • for | ever, 
But Thou O Lord art most | high for | ever | more. 



The People sitting, the First Lesson shall be read. 



Psalm 92: 1-8. 



Then shall be sung the following, or other Psalm of Praise: 



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Praise the Lord | O my | soul. 

While I live | will I | praise the | Lord; 

While I I have my | being, 

I will sing j praises | unto • my | God. 



FOURTH GENKRAI, OFFICE. 



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Happy is lie that hath the God of Jacob | for his | help, 
Whose hope is [ in the | Lord his | God; 
Who made | heaven • and | earth, 
The sea, and | all that | is there | in. 

The Lord | looseth • the | prisoners; 

The Lord openeth the | eyes | of the | blind; 

The Lord raiseth them that are | bow • ed | down; 

The | Lord He | loveth • the | righteous. 

The Lord pre | serveth • the | stranger; 

He relieveth the | father • less | and the | widow. 

The Lord shall | reign for | ever; 

Even thy God O Zion | to all | gener | ations. 

Psalm 146. 

The Minister and People shall then read together the following, or other General Confession; or 
the Minister may read instead thereof a passage from the General Doctrine: 

The Lord our Savior Jesus Christ came into the world to deliver 
men on earth and angels in heaven from the assault and violence of 
hell, and thus from a total damnation which threatened the whole 
human race; this He accomplished by combats against hell and by 
victories over it, reducing it into order and bringing it under obedience 
to Himself. By this deliverance from universal damnation, by His 
combats against hell and victories over it, by the ordering of the 
heavens, and by the establishment of a New Church on earth, the 
Lord took unto Himself the power of saving all who believe in Him 
and keep His commandments. 

Then shall be sung the Gloria to the music of the preceding Chant: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever. A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who I is to | come, 

The I Al I migh j ty. Amen. 

The People sitting, the Second Lesson shall be read. 



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Then shall be sung the following, or other Chant or Anthem: 




Unto | Him that | lov • ed | us, 

And washed us from our | sins in | His own | blood, 

And hath made us kings and priests unto | God | and His | Father, 

To Him be glory and dominion for | ever • and | ever. A | men. 



Behold He | cometh | with | clouds; 

And every eye shall see Him, and | they who | pierc • ed | Him; 
And all the tribes | of the | earth shall | wail 
Because of Him; | even | so, A | men. 

I am | Alpha | and O | mega, 
The Beginning and the | End | saith the | Lord, 
Who is and who was | and who | is to | come, 
The | Al | migh | ty. 

Revelation i: 5-^. 

The Minister shall say: 

Our help is in the name of the Lord. 

People: 

Who made the heaven and the earth. 

Minister: 

His salvation is nigh unto them that fear Him. 

People: 

To them that hope in His mercy. 

Minister: 

Let us pray. 

All kneeling, the Minister shall say: 

O Lord, let our supplications come before Thee. 

People: 

And deliver us according to Thy Word. 

The Minister shall then repeat a suitable Prayer. 



FOURTH GENERAL OFFICE. 



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The People still kneeling^ the Minister standing shall say: 

And God spake all these words saying, I am the Lord thy God. 

Thou shalt have no other gods before my face. 

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. 

Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. 

Honor thy father and thy mother. 

Thou shalt not kill. 

Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

Thou shalt not steal. 

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. 
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house. 

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor 
his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy 
neighbor's. 

People: 

Lord, have mercy upon us, and write Thy law in our hearts. 

The Minister may here read from the Law or the Gospel. 
The Minister kneeling shall say: 

Hear, O Lord, the petitions of Thine unworthy servants; and 
grant unto us, that we, being delivered from our enemies, may serve 
Thee without fear, all the days of our life. Amen. 

The Minister may add or substitute one or more suitable Prayers. 
The People still kneeling, the Minister standing shall say: 

Grace be unto you, and peace, from Him who is, and who was, 
and who is to come. Amen. 

All standing, the Alleluia shall be sung to the music of the preceding Chant: 

Al | le | lu | ia. 

Salvation and | glory, and | honor, and | power, 
Be | unto • the | Lord our | God. 
Al | le | lu | ia. 

The People sitting, the Third Lesson shall be read. 

A Hymn or Psalm of Praise shall be sung; a portion from an Antiphon maybe added or 
substituted. 

The Minister may then read a portion from the Law or the Gospel, or from the General 
Doctrine, the People sitting. 

An Lnterlude shall follow, after which there may be a Period of Silence. 

A Hymn or Psalm of Praise may then be sting. 

The Sermon shall here follow. 

The remainder of the Service shall be the same as in the First General Office. 



FIFTH GENERAL OFFICE. 



An Introit shall be sung. 

Having entered, and opened the Word, the Minister may repeat one or more Sentences of 
Scripture. 

The Minister shall then say: 

O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord 
our Maker. 

All kneeling, the Minister and People shall say together: 

O Lord, we confess our sins before Thee; our hearts incline to 
every evil way; we have nothing of our own that is good; we think 
nothing from ourselves that is true; from Thee alone we are able to 
desist from evil and do the uses of life; it is of Thy mercy alone that 
we are saved. Grant unto us, O Lord, that we may humbly believe 
that which we profess, and love that which we do, whatsoever may 
be according to Thy Divine will and Thy Divine law. Amen. 

Minister: 

O Lord God of Hosts, hear our prayer. 

People: 

Give ear, O God of Jacob. 

Minister: 

Help us, O Lord our God. 

People: 

And save us according to Thy mercy. 

The Minister and People shall say together: 

Our Father, who art in the heavens, hallowed be Thy name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven so upon the earth. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we 
also forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but de- 
liver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and 
the glory, forever. Amen. 

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FIFTH GENERAL OFFICE. 



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Minister: 

O Lord, forgive us our trespasses. 

People: 

As we forgive those who trespass against us. 

Then shall the following be said or sung by the Minister and People together: 

Heavenly Father, graciously hear us; 
Hear the petitions we offer before Thee; 
And let Thy mercy rest upon us. 













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All standing, the Minister shall say: 

Glory be to the Lord God our Savior Jesus Christ. 



People: 

He is Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First 
and the Last. 



Minister: 

Amen. Praise ye the Lord. 



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77z<? Minister and People shall read in alternate lines the following, or other Selection from the 
Psalter: 



Truly my soul shall rest in God; 

From Him is my salvation. 
He only is my rock and my salvation ; 

He is my refuge; I shall not be greatly moved. 
How long will ye assail a man? 

Ye shall be slain all of you; as a bowing wall and a tottering fence. 
They only consult to cast him down from his eminence; 

They delight in lying. 
They bless with their mouth, 

But they curse inwardly. 
My soul, rest thou in God; 

For my hope is in Him. 
He only is my rock and my salvation; 

He is my refuge; I shall not be moved. 
In God is my salvation and my glory; 

The rock of my strength, and my refnge is in God. 
Trust in Him at all times, ye people; 

Pour out your heart before Him; 
God is a refuge for us. 
Surely the sons of man are vanity, 

And the sons of man are a lie, 



FIFTH GENERAL, OFFICE. 



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When weighed in the balance, 

They are more than vanity. 
Trust not in oppression, 

And be not vain in robbery. 
If riches increase, 

Set not your heart upon them. 
God hath spoken once; 

Twice have I heard this; 

That power belongeth unto God. 
And unto Thee, O Lord, is mercy; 

For Thou renderest to every man according to his work. 

Psalm 62 

Then shall be sung the following, or other Psalm of Praise: 

O give thanks unto the Lord; call up | on His | name; 
Make known His | deeds a | mong the | people. 
Sing unto Him; sing | psalms • unto | Him. 
Talk ye of | all His | wondrous | works. 

Glory ye in His | holy | name; 

Let the heart of them re | joice that | seek the | Lord. 
Seek the Lord | and His | strength; 
Seek His | face for | ever | more. 

Remember His marvelous works that j He hath | done; 
His wonders and the | judgments | of His | mouth; 
O ye seed of Abra | ham His | servant, 
Ye sons of | Jacob | His | chosen. 

He is the | Lord our | God; 

His judgments | are in | all the | earth. 

He hath remembered His [ covenant • for | ever; 

The Word which He commanded to a | thousand | gener | ations. 

Psalm 105: 1-8. 



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GENERAL OFFICES. 



The People sitting, the First Lesson shall be read. 

Then shall be sung the following, or other Psalm of Praise: 

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O give thanks unto the Lord, for | He is | good; 

For His | mercy | is for | ever. 

Let | Israel • now | say, 

That His | mercy | is for | ever. 

Let the house of | Aaron • now | say, 
That His | mercy | is for | ever. 
Let them that fear the | Lord now | say, 
That His | mercy | is for | ever. 

It is better to trust | in the | Lord 
Than to put | confi | dence in | man. 
It is better to trust | in the | Lord 
Than to put | confi | dence in | princes. 

Thou art my God and | I will | praise Thee; 

Thou art my God | and I | will ex | alt Thee. 

O give thanks unto the Lord, for | He is | good; 

For His | mercy | is for | ever. Psalm 118. 

The Minister and People shall then read together the follorving, or other General Confession; 
or the Minister may read instead thereof a passage from the General Doctrine: 

There is one God, in whom is the Divine Trinity of Father, v Son 
and Holy Spirit; and this one God, in His Divine Human, is our 
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 

The Sacred Scripture is the Word of God and the Divine Truth 
itself, Divinely inspired and holy in every syllable, whereby is con- 
sociation with the angels and conjunction with God. 

Saving faith is to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and to fol- 
low Him by keeping the commandments of His Word. 

All religion has relation to life, and the life of religion is to 
do good; whoever lives well is saved, and whoever lives ill is 
condemned. 



FIFTH GENERAL, OEEICE. 



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The Second Coming of the Lord is not a coming in Person, 
but in His Word, which is from Him and is Himself. 

The Lord in His Second Coming reveals the Spiritual Sense of 
the Word, whereby a New Church is to be established on the earth, 
which is the New Jerusalem. 

The New Church is the crown of all the churches which have 
hitherto been in the world. 

Then shall be sung the Gloria to the music of the preceding Chant- 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For | ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The | Al | migh | ty. Amen. 

The People sitting, the Second Lesson shall be read. 

Then shall be sung the following, or other Chant or Anthem: 

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Alle | lu | ia. 

Praise our | God all | ye His | servants, 

And ye that fear Him, both | small and | great. 

Al | le | lu | ia. 

Alle | lu ( ia. 

For the Lord | God Ora j nipo • tent | reigneth. 
Let us be glad | and re | joice, 
And give | glory | unto | Him; 

For the marriage of the | Lamb is | come, 

And His | wife hath | made her • self | ready; 

And to her was granted that she should | be ar | rayed 

In fine | linen | white and | clean; 

For the | fine | linen 

Is the | justice | of the | saints. 

Blessed are they | which are | called 

To the marriage | supper | of the | Lamb. 

Revelation ig: j-g. 



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GENERAL OFFICES. 



The Minister shall say: 

Our help is in the name of the Lord. 

People: 

Who made the heaven and the earth. 

Minister: 

His salvation is nigh unto them that fear Him. 

People: 

To them that hope in His mercy. 

Minister: 

Let us pray. 

All kneeling, the Minister shall say: 

O Lord, let our supplications come before Thee. 

People: 

And deliver us according to Thy Word. 

The Minister shall then repeat a suitable Prayer. 

The People still kneeling, the Minister standing shall say: 

And God spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy God. 

Thou shalt have no other gods before my face. 

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. 

Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. 

Honor thy father and thy mother. 

Thou shalt not kill. 

Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

Thou shalt not steal. 

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. 
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house. 

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor 
his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy 
neighbor's. 

People: 

Lord have mercy upon us, and write Thy law in our hearts. 



The Minister may here read from the Law or the Gospel. 



FIFTH GENERAL OFFICE. 



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The Minister kneeling shall say: 

Hear, O Lord, the petitions of Thine unworthy servants; and grant 
unto us, that we, being delivered from our enemies, may serve Thee 
without fear, all the days of our life. Amen. 

The Minister may add or substitute one or more suitable Prayers. 
The People still kneeling, the Minister standing shall say: 

Grace be unto you, and peace, from Him who is, and who was, 
and w T ho is to come. Amen. 

All standing, the Alleluia shall be sung to the music of the preceding Chant: 

Alle I lu I ia. 

Salvation and | glory, and | honor, and | power, 
Be unto the | Lord our | God. 
Al | le | lu | ia. 

The People sitting, the Third Lesson shall be read. 

A Hymn or Psalm of Praise shall be sung; a portion from an Antiphon may be added or 
substituted. 

The Minister may then read a portion from the Law or the Gospel, or from the General 
Doctrine, the People sitting. 

An Lnterlude shall follow, after which there may be a Period of Silence. 

A Hymn or Psalm of Praise may then be sung. 

The Sermon shall here follow. 



The remainder of the Service shall be the same as in the First General Office. 



SIXTH GENERAL OFFICE. 



An Introit shall be sung. 

Having entered, and opened the Word, the Minister may repeat one or more Sentences of 
Scripture. 

The Minister shall then say: 

O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the 
Lord our Maker. 

All kneeling, the Minister and People shall say together: 

O Lord, we have fallen away from Thee; we have departed from 
the precepts of Thy Word; we have loved the ways of the world; we 
have indulged the desires of the flesh; we have coveted that which 
is not our own; we have thought ill of our neighbor; we have been 
impatient with the ways of the Lord; we are in bondage to sin, and 
are guilty in Thy sight; have mercy upon us, O Lord; pardon our 
iniquities, and fill us with the spirit of Thy Word, that we may for- 
sake all and follow Thee, and obey Thy voice forever. Amen. 

Minister: 

Hear the voice of our supplications, O Lord, when we cry unto Thee. 

People: 

Be merciful unto us, and hear our prayer. 

Minister: 

For Thou art good, and ready to forgive. 

People: 

And plenteous in mercy to all them that call upon Thee. 

The Minister and People shall say together: 

Our Father, who art in the heavens, hallowed be Thy name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven so upon the earth. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also 
forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us 
from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
forever. Amen. 

(46) 



SIXTH GENERAL OFFICE). 



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Minister: 

O Lord, forgive us our trespasses. 

People: 

As we forgive those who trespass against us. 



Then shall the following be said or sung by Uie Minister and People together: 

Heavenly Father, graciously hear us; 
Hear the petitions we offer before Thee; 
And let Thy mercy rest upon us. 



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^ 11 standing, the Minister shall say: 

Glory be to the Lord God our Savior Jesus Christ. 



People: 

He is Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First 
and the Last. 



Minister: 

Amen. Praise ye the Lord. 



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The Minister and People shall read in alternate lines the folloicing. or other Selection from the 
Psalter: 

I cried unto the Lord with my voice; 

With my voice unto the Lord I made my supplication. 
I poured out my complaint before Him; 

I showed before Him my trouble. 
When my spirit failed within me, 

Then Thou knewest my path. 
In the way wherein I walked 

They did hide a snare for me. 
I looked on my right hand and beheld, 

But there was no one that knew me. 
Refuge failed me; 

No one cared for my soul. 
I cried unto Thee, O Lord; 

I said, Thou art my refuge, 

And my portion in the land of the living. 
Attend unto my cry; 

For I am brought very low 
Deliver me from my persecutors; 

For they are stronger than I. 
Bring my soul out of prison, 

That I may praise Thy name. 
The just shall compass me about; 

For Thou shalt deal bountifully with me. Psalm 142. 



SIXTH GENERAL, OEEICE. 



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Then shall be sung the following, or other Psalm of Praise: 

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Give unto the Lord O ye families | of the | people, 
Give unto the | Lord | glory ■ and | strength. 
Give unto the Lord the glory ] of His | name; 
Bring an offering and | come | into • His | courts. 

Let the heavens rejoice and the | earth be | glad; 
Let the sea roar [ and the | fulness • there | of. 
Let the field be joyful and all that | is there j in; 
Then shall all the trees of the | forest | sing for | joy 

Before the Lord; | for He [ cometh, 

For He | cometh • to | judge the | earth; 

He shall judge the | world with | justice, 

And the | people | with His | truth. Psalm 96. 



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Let Thy glory be a j bove | all the | earth. 
My heart is fixed O God, my [ heart is | fixed; 
I will | sing | and give | praise. 



Awake up my glory; awake | psaltery • and | harp; 
I | will a | wake | early. 

I will praise Thee O Lord a | mong the | people; 
I will sing unto | Thee a | mong the | nations. 

For Thy mercy is great | unto • the | heavens, 

And Thy | truth | unto • the | clouds. 

Be Thou exalted O God a | bove the | heavens; 

Let Thy glory be a | bove | all the | earth. Psalm 57: 5-11. 



52 GENERAL OFFICES. 

The Minister and People shall read together the following, or other General Confession; or the 
Minister may read instead thereof a passage from the General Doctrine: 

There is one God, in whom is the Divine Trinity, and the Lord 
Jesus Christ is that God. 

Saving faith is to believe in Him. 

Kvil is to be shunned because it is of the devil and from the devil. 
Good is to be done because it is of God and from God. 
And it is to be done by man as from himself; but he is to believe 
that it is from the Lord in him and by him. 

Then shall be sung the Gloria to the music of the preceding Chant: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For | ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The | Al | migh | ty. Amen. 

The People sitting, the Second Lesson shall be read. 

Then shall be sung the following, or other Chant or Anthem: 







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Now is come sal | vation • and | strength, 
And the kingdom | of our | God, 
And the | power | of His | Christ. 

For the accuser of our brethren | is cast | down, 

Who did ac | cuse | them 

Before our | God | day and | night. 

And they overcame him by the blood | of the | Lamb, 

And by the word | of their | testimony; 

And they lov-ed not their | lives | unto | death. 

Salvation | to our | God 

Who sitteth up | on the | throne, 

And to the Lamb, for | ever • and | ever. A | men. 

Revelation 12: 10. 7: 10. 



SIXTH GENERAL OFFICE). 



53 



The Minister shall say: 

Our help is in the name of the Lord. 

People: 

Who made the heaven and the earth. 

Minister: 

His salvation is nigh unto them that fear Him. 

People: 

To them that hope in His mercy. 

Minister: 

Let us pray. 

All kneeling, the Minister shall say: 

O Lord, let our supplications come before Thee. 

People: 

And deliver us according to Thy Word. 

The Minister shall then repeat a suitable Prayer. 

The People still kneeling, the Minister standing shall say: 

And God spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy God. 

Thou shalt have no other gods before my face. 

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. 

Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. 

Honor thy father and thy mother. 

Thou shalt not kill. 

Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

Thou shalt not steal. 

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. 
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house. 

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor 
his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy 
neighbor's. 

People: 

Lord have mercy upon us, and write Thy law in our hearts. 



Hear, O Lord, the petitions of Thine unworthy servants; and grant 
unto us, that we, being delivered from our enemies, may serve Thee 
without fear, all the days of our life. Amen. 



The Minister may here read from the Law or the Gospel. 



The Minister kneeling shall say: 



54 GENERAL, OFFICES. 

The Minister may add or substitute one or more suitable Prayers. 
The People still kneeling, the Minister standing- shall say; 

Grace be unto you, and peace, from Him who is, and who was, and 
who is to come. Amen. 

All standing, the Alleluia shall be sung to the music of the preceding Chant 

Alle | In | ia. 

Salvation and glory and | honor, and | power, 
Be unto the Lord our God. | Alle | lu | ia. 

The People sitting, the Third Lesson shall be read. 

A Hymn or Psalm of Praise shall be sung; a portioti from an Antiphon may be added or 
substituted. 

The Minister may then read a portion from the Law or the Gospel, or from the General 
Doctrine, the People sitting. 

An Interlude shall follow, after which there may be a Period of Silence. 

A Hymn or Psalm of Praise may then be sung. 

The Sermon shall here follow. 

The remainder of the Service shall be the same as in the First General Office. 



SEVENTH GENERAL OFFICE. 



An Introit shall be sung. 

Having entered, and opened the Word, the Minister may repeat one or more Sentences of 
Scripture. 

The Minister shall then say: 

O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord 
our Maker. 

A 11 kneeling, the Minister and People shall say together: 

O Lord our Savior Jesus Christ, grant unto us the knowledge of Thy 
truth, that we may put away all unholy thought and sinful desire; that 
we may walk in uprightness before Thee, and speak the truth in our 
hearts; that we may live in the honor and fear of the Lord; and that in 
a life of daily repentance we may cherish good will to our neighbor, and 
love Thee, our Father and our God, forever. Amen. 

Minister: 

O Lord, let not our iniquities prevail against us. 

People: 

And purge away our transgressions from us. 

Minister: 

And we shall fear Thee, O Lord. 

People: 

And declare the works of our God. 

The Minister and People shall say together: 

Our Father, who art in the heavens, hallowed be Thy name.. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven so upon the earth. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also 
forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us 
from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
forever. Amen. 

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GENERAL OFFICES. 



Minister; 

O Lord, forgive us our trespasses. 

People: 

As we forgive those who trespass against us. 

Then shall the following be said or sung by the Minister and People together: 

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All standing, the Minister shall say: 

Glory be to the Lord God our Savior Jesus Christ. 

People: 

He is Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and 
the Last. 

Minister: 

Amen. Praise ye the Lord. 



The Sanctus shall then be sung: 
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• - Psalter: 

Who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord ? 

Who among the sons of the gods can be likened to the Lord ? 

God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, 

And to be had in reverence of all them that are round about Him. 

O Lord God of Hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto Thee ? 
Or to Thy truth round about Thee ? 

Thou rulest the raging of the sea; 

When the waves thereof arise, Thou stillest them. 

Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; 
Thou hast scattered Thine enemies with Thy strong arm. 



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GENERAL OFFICES. 



The heavens are Thine, the earth also is Thine; 

As for the world and the fulness thereof, Thou hast founded them. 

The north and the south, Thou hast created them; 
Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in Thy name. 

Thou hast a mighty arm; 

Strong is Thy hand, and high is Thy right hand. 

Justice and judgment are the support of Thy throne; 
Mercy and truth shall go before Thy face. 

Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound; 

They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of Thy countenance. 

In Thy name shall they rejoice all the da}-; 
And in Thy justice shall they be exalted. 

For Thou art the glory of their strength; 

And in Thy favor our horn shall be exalted. 

For the Lord is our shield; 

And the Holy One of Israel is our King. Psalm 89: 6-18. 

The first portion of the Antiphon appointed for the day shall here follo-w. 
The People sitting, the First Lesson shall be read. 

The following, or other Psalm of Praise, shall be sung; or it may be sung by the Choir alone, 
the People sitting; or it may be omitted, and the Antiphon follow the Lesson: 

O sing unto the Lord a | new | song; 

Sing unto the | Lord | all the | earth; 

Sing unto the Lord, | bless His [ name; 

Show forth His sal | vation • from | day to [ day. 

Declare His glory a | mong the | nations, 

His I wonders • a | mong all [ people. 

For the Lord is great and [ greatly • to be | praised; 

He is to be | feared • a j bove all j gods. 



SEVENTH GENERAL OEEICE. 



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For all the gods of the | people • are | idols; 
But the | Lord | made the | heavens. 
Glory and honor | are be | fore Him; 
Strength and | beauty • are | in His | sanctuary. 

Psalm 96: 1-6. 

The second portion of the Antiphon appointed for the day shall here follow. 
The People sitting, the Second Lesson shall be read. 

The following, or other Psalm of Praise, shall be sung; or it may be sung by the Choir alone, 
the People sitting; or it may be omitted, and the Antiphoii follow the Lesson: 









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Praise the | name | of the | Lord. 
Blessed be the name | of the | Lord 
From this time forth | and for | ever | more. 

From the rising of the sun to his | going | down, 
Prais-ed be the [ name | of the | Lord. 
The Lord is high a | bove all | nations; 
His glory | is a [ bove the | heavens. 

Who is like unto the | Lord our | God, 
Who I dwelleth | on | high, 
Who humbleth Him | self to | see 

The things that are in | heaven • and | on the | earth ? 

Psalm iij: 1^6. 

The third portion of the Antiphon appointed for the day shall here follow. 
The Minister shall say: 

Our help is in the name of the Lord. 

People: 

Who made the heaven and the earth. 



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Minister: 

His salvation is nigh unto them that fear Him. 

People: 

To them that hope in His mercy. 

Minister: 

Let us pray. 

All kneeling^ the Minister shall say: 

O Lord, let our supplications come before Thee. 

People: 

And deliver us according to Thy Word. 

The Minister shall repeat one or more suitable Prayers. 
The People still kneeling, the Minister standing shall say: 

Grace be unto you, and peace, from Him who is, and who was, and 
who is to come. Amen. 



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The People sitting, the Third Lesson shall be read; or the Minister may read from the General 
Doctrine. 

A Hymn or Psalm of Praise shall be sung. 

The Minister may then read a portion from the Law or the Gospel, or from the General 
Doctrine. 



An Interlude shall follow, after which there may be a Period of Silence. 
A Hymn or Psalm of Praise may then be sung. 
The Sermon shall here follow. 

The remainder of the Service shall be the same as in the First General Offic 



EIGHTH GENERAL OFFICE. 



An I>itroit shall be sung. 

Having entered, and opened the Word, the Minister may repeat one or tnore Sentences of 
Scripture. 

The Minister shall then say: 

O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord 
our Maker. 

All kneeling, the Minister and People shall say together: 

O Lord, we beseech Thee to draw near unto us and fill us with Thy 
Spirit, that we may humbly confess our sins, and receive power from on 
high to walk in the path of Thy commandments, through Thy mercy, 
O Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Minister: 

Turn unto us, O Lord, in the multitude of Thy mercies. 

People: 

And hide not Thy face from us. 

Minister: 

For we acknowledge our transgression. 

People: 

And our sin is ever before us. 

Minister: 

And we shall walk in Thy strength. 

People: 

And make mention of Thy salvation. 

The Minister and People shall say together: 

Our Father, who art in the heavens, hallowed be Thy name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven so upon the earth. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive our debts, as we also 
forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us 
from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
forever. Amen. 

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EIGHTH GENERAI, OFFICE. 



63 



Minister; 

O Lord, forgive us our trespasses. 

People; 

As we forgive those who trespass against us. 

Then shall the following be said or sung by the Minister and People together; 

The Lord our God hear our pra} T er, 
And incline our hearts unto Him, 
That we may live and keep His Word. 




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GENERAL OFFICES. 



All standing, the Minister shall say: 

Glory be to the Lord God our Savior Jesus Christ. 

People: 

He is Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and 
the Last. 

Minister: 

Amen. Praise ye the Lord. 

The Sanctus shall then be sung; 



Ho-ly, ho-ly, ho-ly, Lord God of Hosts; Heav'n and earth are full of Thy 




glo - ry, Heav'n and earth are full of Thy glo - ry. A - men. 

The Minister and People shall read in alternate lines the following, or other Selection from the 
Psalter: 

I will bless the Lord at all times; 

His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 
My soul shall glory in the Lord; 

The afflicted shall hear and be glad 

magnify the Lord with me, 

And let us exalt His name together. 

1 sought the Lord, and He heard me, 
And delivered me from all my fears. 

They looked upon Him, and were made to rejoice; 

And their faces were not ashamed. 
This afflicted one cried, and the Lord heard him, 

And saved him out of all his troubles. 



EIGHTH GENERAL OFFICE. 65 

The angel of the Lord encarnpeth round about them that fear Him, 
And delivereth them. 

O taste and see that the Lord is good; 
Blessed is the man that trusteth in Him. 

O fear the Lord, ye His saints; 

For there is no want to them that fear Him. 

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; 

But they that seek the Lord shall not want any good. 

Psalm j 4: 1 -10. 

The first portion of the Antiphon appointed for the day shall here follow. 
The People sitting, the First Lesson shall be read. 

The following, or other Psalm of Praise, shall be sung; or it may be sung by the Choir alone, 
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For His I mercy j is for j ever; 

The redeem -ed of the | Lord shall j say, 

Whom He hath redeem-ed from the j hand j of the [ enemy; 



And hath gathered them out [ of the ! lands, 

From the east and from the west, from the | north and \ from the j south. 
They wandered in the wilderness in a j solitary j way; 
They | found no | city • to j dwell in. 

They were | hungry • and | thirsty, 

Their j soul j fainted • with \ in them. 

Then they cried unto the Lord j in their ' trouble, 

And He delivered them j out of j their dis [ tresses. 

And He led them forth by a | right j way, 

That they might go to a j city • of j habi | tation. 

Let them praise the Lord j for His | mercy, 

And His wonderful works ' to the | children • of | men. 

Psalm 10/: 1-8. 



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The second portion of the Antiphon appointed for the day shall here follow. 
The People sitting, the Second Lesson shall be read. 

The following, or other Psalm of Praise, shall be sung; or it may be sung by the Choir alone, 
the People sitting; or it may be omitted, and the Antiphon follow the Lesson: 

And in that day | thou shalt | say, 
6 | Lord | I will | praise Thee. 
Behold God is | my sal | vation; 
I will trust | and not | be a | fraid. 

For the Lord Jehovih is my | strength and | song; 
He also is be | come | my sal | vation; 
And with joy shall ye | draw | waters 
From the | fountains | of sal | vation. 

And in that day | shall ye | say, 
Praise the Lord, | call up | on His | name, 
Declare His doings a | mong the | people, 
Make mention that His | name | is ex | alted. 

Sing unto the Lord; for He hath | done great | things; 

This is | known in | all the | earth. 

Cry out and shout, thou in | habitant • of | Zion; 

For great is the Holy One of Israel | in the | midst of | thee. 

Isaiah 12. 

The third portion of the Antiphon appointed for the day shall here follow. 
The Minister shall say: 

Our help is in the name of the Lord. 

People: 

Who made the heaven and the earth. 



EIGHTH GENERAL OFEICE. 



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Minister: 

His salvation is nigh unto them that fear Him. 

People: 

To them that hope in His mercy. 

Minister: 

Let us pray. 

All kneeling, the Minister shall say: 

O Lord, let our supplications come before Thee. 

People: 

And deliver us according to Thy Word. 

The Minister shall repeat one or more suitable Prayers. 
The People still kneeling, the Minister standing shall say: 

Grace be unto you, and peace, from Him who is, and who was, and 
who is to come. Amen. 



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The People sitting, the Third Lesson shall be read; or the Minister may read from the General 
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A Hymn or Psalm of Praise shall be sung. 

The Minister may then read a portion from the Law or the Gospel, or from the General 
Doctrine. 

An Interlude shall follow, after which there may be a Period of Silence. 



A Hymn or Psalm of Praise may then be sung. 
The Sermon shall here follow. 

Trie remainder of the Service shall be the same as in the First General Office. 



NINTH GENERAL OFFICE. 



An Introit shall be sung. 

Having entered, and opened the Word, the Minister may repeat one or more Sentences of 
Scripture; 

The Minister shall then say: 

O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord 
our Maker. 

All kneeling, the Minister and People shall say together: 

O Lord, our Father in heaven; teach us, we pray Thee, to love one 
another as Thou hast loved us; to be merciful as Thou art merciful; to 
forgive as Thou hast forgiven; then shall we follow Thee in all our ways; 
Thy Divine Word shall be implanted in our hearts, and we shall love 
Thy name forever. Amen. 

Minister: 

O Lord, visit this vine, and the vineyard which Thy right hand hath 
planted. 

People: 

And the branch which Thou madest strong for Thyself. 

Minister: 

So will we not go back from Thee. 

People: 

Quicken us, and we shall call upon Thy name. 

Minister: 

Turn us again, O Lord God of Hosts, and cause Thy face to shine. 

People: 

And we shall be saved. 

The Minister and People shall say together: 

Our Father, who art in the heavens, hallowed be Thy name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven so upon the earth. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also 
forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us 
from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
forever. Amen. 

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GENERAI, OFFICES. 



Minister; 

O Lord, forgive us our trespasses. 

People: 

As we forgive those who trespass against us. 

Then shall the following be said or sung by the Minister and People togetht 

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And incline our hearts unto Him, 
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All standing, the Minister shall say: 

Glory be to the Lord God our Savior Jesus Christ. 

People: 

He is Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and 
the Last. 

Minister: 

Amen. Praise ye the Lord. 



The Sanctus shall then be sung: 



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Psalter: 

O clap your hands, all ye people; 

Sing unto God with the voice of triumph. 

For the Lord most High is terrible; 
He is a great King over all the earth. 

He shall subdue the people under us, 
And the nations under our feet. 

He shall choose our inheritance for us, 
The excellency of Jacob whom He loved. 

God is gone up with a shout, 

The Lord with a sound of a trumpet. 



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GENERAL, OFFICES. 



Sing praise to our God, sing praise; 
Sing praise to our King, sing praise. 

For God is King of all the earth; 
Sing ye praise with understanding. 

God reigneth over the nations; 

God sitteth upon the throne of His holiness. 

The princes of the people are gathered together, 
The people of the God of Abraham; 

For the shields of the earth belong unto God; 
He is greatly exalted. 

Psalm 47. 

The first portion of the Antiphon appointed for the day shall here follow. 
The People sitting, the First Lesson shall be read. 

The following, or other Psalm of Praise, shall be sung; or it may be sung by the Choir alone, 
the People sitting; or it may be omitted, and the Antiphon follow the Lesson: 

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Praise the Lord | from the | heavens; 
Praise j Him | in the | heights. 
Praise Him all | ye His | angels; 
Praise | Him all | ye His | hosts. 

Praise Him | sun and | moon; 

Praise Him | all ye | stars of | light. 

Praise Him ye | heaven • of | heavens, 

And 3'e waters that | are a | bove the | heavens. 

Let them praise the name | of the | Lord; 
For He commanded | and they | were ere | ated. 
And He established them for | ever • and | ever; 
He made a decree that j shall not [ pass a | way. 

Psalm 148: 1-6. 



NINTH GENERAL OFFICE. 



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The second portion of the Antiphon appointed for the day shall here follow. 
The People sitting, the Second Lesson shall be read. 

The following, or other Psalm of Praise, shall be sung; or it may be sung by the Choir alone, 
the People sitting; or it may be omitted, and the Antiphon folloiu the Lesson: 

















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Praise Him in the [ firma • ment | of His j power. 

Praise Him for His | mighty j acts; 

Praise Him according j to His | excel • lent | greatness. 

Praise Him with the sound | of the | trumpet; 

Praise Him with the | psal • tery | and | harp. 

Praise Him with the [ timbrel • and J dance; 

Praise Him with string-ed | instru [ ments and | organs. 



Praise Him upon the | loud | cymbals; 
Praise Him up | on the • high | sounding | cymbals. 
Let everything that hath breath j praise the | Lord. 
Praise the | Lord. Praise | ye the | Lord. 

Psalm iso. 

The third portion of the Antiphon appointed for the day shall here follow. 
The Minister shall say: 

Our help is in the name of the Lord. 

People: 

Who made the heaven and the earth. 

Minister: 

His salvation is nigh unto them that fear Him. 

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M inister: 

Let us pray. 

All kneeling, the Minister shall say: 

O Lord, let our supplications come before Thee. 

People: 

And deliver us according to Thy Word. 

The Minister shall repeat one or more suitable Prayers. 
The People still kneeling, the Minister standing shall say: 

Grace be unto you, and peace, from Him who is, and who was, and 
who is to come. Amen. 

All standing, the Alleluia shall be sung: 

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A Hymn or Psalm of Praise shall be sung. 

The Minister may then read a portion from the Law or the Gospel, or from the General 
Doctrine. 

An Interlude shall follow, after which there may be a Period of Silence 
A Hymn or Psalm of Praise may then be sung. 
The Sermon shall here follow. 

The remainder of the Service shall be the same as in the First General Office. 



TENTH GENERAL OFFICE. 



An Introit shall be sung. 

Having entered, and opened the Word, the Minister may repeat one or more Sentences of 
Scripture. 

The Minister shall then say: 

O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord 
our Maker. 

All kneeling, the Minister shall say: 

Unto Thee do I lift up mine eyes, O Thou that dwellest in the 
heavens. 

People: 

Be gracious unto us, O Lord, be gracious unto us. 

Minister: 

Let me hear Thy loving kindness in the morning; for in Thee do 
I trust. 

People: 

Make me to know the way wherein I shall go; for unto Thee do I 
lift up my soul. 

Minister and People: 

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Thy name; and 
deliver us, and purge away our sins, for Thy name's sake. Amen. 

The Minister shall repeat one or more suitable Prayers. 
The Minister and People shall say together: 

Our Father, who art in the heavens, hallowed be Thy name. Thy 
kingdom come Thy will be done, as in heaven so upon the earth. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive our debts, as we also 
forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us 
from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
forever. Amen. 

The Responsives following the Lor a' s Prayer in the preceding General Offices may be introduced 
here, or the Minister may repeat a short Prayer. 



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The Minister and People shall read in alternate lines the following, or other Selection /torn the 
Psalter: 

How lovely are Thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts, 

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord; 
My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. 
Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, 

And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, 
Even Thine altars, O Lord of Hosts, my King and my God. 
Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house; 

They shall be still praising Thee. 
Blessed is the man whose strength is in Thee; 

In whose heart are Thy ways. 
Who passing through the valley of weeping make it a spring; 

The early rain also covereth it with blessing. 
They go from strength to strength; 

They shall appear before God in Zion. 



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GENERAL OFFICES. 



Lord God of Hosts, hear my prayer; 
Give ear, O God of Jacob. 

Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of Thine anointed. 
For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand. 

1 had rather stand at the door in the house of my God, 
Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; 

The Lord will give grace and glory; 
No good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly. 

O Lord of Hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in Thee. 

Psalm 84. 

The first portion of the Antiphon appointed for the day shall here follow. 
The People sitting, the First Lesson shall be read. 

The following, or other Psalm of Praise, shall be sung; or it may be sung by the Choir alone, 
the People sitting; or it may be omitted, and the Antiphon follow the Lesson: 




Hear my cry O God; | hearken • to my | prayer; 
From the end of the | earth I | call • unto | Thee. 
When my | heart | faileth, 

Lead me to the | Rock • that is | higher • than | I. 



For Thou art a j refuge • for | me; 

A tower of strength from the | face ] of the | enemy. 

I will abide in Thy taber | nacle • for | ever; 

I will trust in the | shadow | of Thy | wings. 

For Thou O God j hearest • my | vows; 

Thou givest me the heritage of | those that | fear Thy | name. 
Thou addest days to the j days • of the | king; 
His years from gener | ation • to | gener | ation. 

He dwelleth before [ God for | ever; 

O impart mercy and truth; | let | them pre | serve Him. 

So will I sing praise to Thy | name for | ever; 

That I may | daily • per j form my j vows. Psalm 61. 



TENTH GENERAL OEFICE. 



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The second portion of the Antiphon appointed for the day shall here follow. 
The People sitting, the Second Lesson shall be read. 



The following, or other Psalm of Praise, shall be sung; or it may be sung by the Choir alone, 
the People sitting; or it may be omitted, and the Antiphon follow the Lesson: 




God my j heart is j fixed; 

1 will sing and give | praise, | even • my j glory. 
Awake, | psaltery • and j harp; 

I | will a | wake | early. 

I will praise Thee O Lord a j mong the j people; 
And I will sing praise to | Thee a I mong the | nations. 
For Thy mercy is great a [ bove the [ heavens; 
And Thy | truth | unto • the j clouds. 

Be Thou exalted O God a | bove the [ heavens, 
And Thy glory a | bove j all the ! earth. 
That Thy belov-ed may | be de | livered; 
Save with Thy right | hand and | answer | me. 

Psalm 1 08: 1-6. 

The third portion of the Antiphon appointed for the day shall here follow. 

The People sitting, the Third Lesson shall be read; or the Minister may read from the General 
Doctrine. 

A Hymn or Psalm of Praise shall be sung. 

The Minister may then read a portion from the Law or the Gospel, or from the General 
Doctrine. 

An Interlude shall follow, after which there may be a Period of Silence. 
A Hymn or Psalm of Praise may then be sung. 
The Sermon shall here follow. 

The remainder of the Set-vice shall be the same as in the First General Office. 



ELEVENTH GENERAL OFFICE. 



A n Introit shall be sung. 

Having e?itered, and opened the Word, the Minister may repeat one or more Sentences of 
Scripture. 

The Minister shall then say: 

O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord 
our Maker. 

All kneeling, the Minister shall say: 

Unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 

People: 

Be merciful unto me, O Lord. 

Minister: 

In the day of my distress, I will cry unto Thee. 

People: 

And Thou wilt answer me. 

M mister: 

For Thou art great, and doest wondrous things. 

People: 

Thou art God alone. 

The Minister shall repeat one or more suitable Prayers. 
The Minister and People shall say together; 

Our Father, who art in the heavens, hallowed be Thy name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven so upon the earth. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also 
forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us 
from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
forever. Amen. 



The Responsives following the Lord's Prayer in the preceding General Offices may be introduced 
here, or the Minister may repeat a short Prayer. 

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The Minister and People shall read in alternate lines the following, or other Selection from the 
Psalter: 

Sing to the Lord, ye just; 

Praise is comely for the upright. 

Praise the Lord with the harp; 

Sing unto Him with the psaltery of ten strings. 

Sing unto Him a new song; 

Play skilfully with a loud noise. 

For the Word of the Lord is right; 
And all His works are done in truth. 

He loveth justice and judgment; 

The earth is full of the mercy of the Lord. 

By the Word of the Lord were the heavens made; 

And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. 



He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; 
He layeth up the deeps in storehouses. 



82 GENERAL OFFICES. 

Let all the earth fear the Lord; 

Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him; 

For He spake and it was done; 
He commanded and it stood fast. 

The Lord maketh void the counsel of the nations; 
He hath overturned the devices of the people. 

The counsel of the Lord standeth forever; 
The thoughts of His heart to all generations. 

Psalm jj: i-ii. 

The first portion of the Antiphon appointed for the day shall here follow. 
The People sitting, the First Lesson shall be read. 

The seco?id portion of the Antiphon appointed for the day shall here follow. 
The People sitting, the Second Lesson shall be read. 

The thii'd portion of the Antiphon appointed for the day shall here follow. 

The People sitting, the Third Lesson shall be read; or the Minister may read from the General 
Doctrine. 

A Hymn or Psalm of Praise shall be sung. 

The Minister may then read a portion from the Law or the Gospel, or from the General 

Doctrine. 

An Interlude shall follow, after which there may be a Period of Silence. 
A Hymn or Psalm of Praise may then besting. 
The Sermon shall here follow. 

The remainder of the Service shall be the same as in the First General Office. 



TWELFTH GENERAL OFFICE. 



An Introit shall be sung. 

Having entered, and opened the Word, the Minister may repeat one or more Sentences of 
Scripture. 

The Minister shall then say: 

O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord 
our Maker. 



All kneeling, the Minister shall repeat one or more suitable Prayers. 
The Minister and People shall say together: 

Our Father, who art in the heavens, hallowed be Thy name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven so upon the earth. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also 
forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us 
from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
forever. Amen. 

The Responsives following the Lord's Prayer in the preceding General Offices may be introduced 
here, or the Minister may repeat a short Prayer. 



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The Minister and People shall read in alternate lines the following, or other Selection from the 
Psalter: 

In Judah is God known; 

His name is great in Israel. 
In Salem also is His tabernacle, 

And His dwelling place in Zion. 
There brake He the arrows of the bow, 

The shield, and the sword, and the battle. 
Thou art more glorious and excellent 

Than the mountains of prey. 
The stouthearted are spoiled, 

They have slept their sleep; 

And none of the men of might have found their hands. 
At Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, 

Both the chariot and horse have fallen into a deep sleep. 
Thou, even Thou, art to be feared; 

And who may stand in Thy sight when Thou art angry ? 
Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; 

The earth feared and was still, 
When God arose to judgment, 

To save all the afflicted of the earth. 
For the wrath of man shall praise Thee; 

The remainder of wrath shalt Thou restrain. 
Vow, and pay unto the Lord your God; 

Let all that be round about Him bring presents unto Him that is to 
be feared. 
He shall cut off the spirit of princes; 

He is terrible to the kings of the earth. 

Psalm y6. 

Then shall be sung the following, or other Psalm of Praise: 

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Make a joyful noise unto God, | all the [ earth; 
Sing forth the | glory | of His j name; 
Make His j praise i glorious. 

Say unto God, How j terri • ble ! are Thy | works! 



TWELFTH GENERAL OFFICE. 



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Through the greatness | of Thy | power 
Thine enemies | shall sub [ mit • unto | Thee. 
All the earth shall | worship | Thee, 

And shall sing to Thee; they shall | sing to | Thy | name. 

Come and see the | works of | God; 
His doing is terrible | to the [ sons of | men. 
He turn-ed the sea into | dry | land; 
They went | through the | flood on | foot. 

O bless our | God, ye | people, 
And make the voice of His | praise | to be | heard. 
Blessed be God who hath not turn-ed a | way my | prayer, 
Nor His I mercy | from j me. 

Psalm 66. 

The People sitting, one or more Lessons shall be read. 

A Hymn or Psalm of Praise shall be sung; a portion from an Antiphon may be added or 
substituted. 

A Lesson may here be read, followed by a Hymn or Psalm of Praise. 

The Minister may then read a portion from the Law or the Gospel, or from the General 
Doctrine. 

An Interlude shall follow, after which there may be a Period of Silence. 
A Hymn or Psalm of Praise may then be sung. 
The Sermon shall here follow. 

The remainder of the Service shall be the same as in the First General Office; or the Minisie'- 
may repeat a Prayer at the close of the Sertnor , followed by a Hymn or Psalm of Praise, 
the Offertory, and the Benediction. 



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ADVENT OF THE LORD. 
1. 

The Minister shall say: 

I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy 
seed and her seed; He shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise His 
heel. 

People: 




The Lord shall make bare His | holy | arm, 

And all the ends of the earth shall see the sal | vation | of our | God. 

Minister: 

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor the lawgiver from 
between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto Him shall the obedience 
of the people be. 

People: 

I wait for the Lord, my | soul doth | wait, 
And in His j Word [ do I | hope. 

Minister: 

I shall see Him but not now; I shall behold Him but not nigh. 
There shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of 
Israel. 

People: 

Out of Zion the perfection of beauty | God shall | shine. 
Our God shall come | and shall j not be | silent. 

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ADVENT OF THE LORD. 



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Minister: 

The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst 
of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto Him shall ye hearken. 

People: 

A fire shall de | vour be | fore Him, 

And a | tempest • shall | blow a | bout Him. 

Minister: 

And the Lord said unto me, I will raise them up a Prophet from 
among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put my words in His 
mouth; and He shall speak unto them all that I shall command Him. 

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For the majesty of the | Lord | from the | sea. 

Glorify the Lord j in the | fires, 

The name of the Lord | God of | Isra | el. 

Minister: 

O Lord, we have waited for Thee; the desire of my soul is to Thy 
name, and to the remembrance of Thee; with my soul have I desired 
Thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek Thee in 
the morning. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The I Al I migh | ty. Amen. 



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ANTIPHONS. 



2. 

The Minister shall say-. 

Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son, and shall call His 
name Immanuel. 



People: 




Awake, awake, pnt on thy J strength O | Zion; 
Put on thy beautiful | garments | O Je | rusalem. 



Minister: 

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they 
that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light 
shined. 

People: 

The Lord sent a word j into j Jacob, 
And | it hath | lighted • on j Israel. 

Minister: 

For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the 
government shall be upon His shoulder; and His name shall be called 
Wonderful, Counsellor, God, the Mighty, Father of Eternity, Prince of 
Peace. 

People: 

Thine enemies shall submit themselves ] unto | Thee. 
All the | earth shall | worship [ Thee. 

Minister: 

And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have 
waited for Him, and He will save us; this is the Lord; we have waited 
for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation. 

People: 

My soul shall glory j in the | Lord; 
The afflicted shall | hear | and be | glad. 



ADVENT OF THE LORD. 



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Minister: 

And thou Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the 
thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall He come forth unto me that 
is to be ruler in Israel. 

People: 

Lo we heard of | Him in [ Ephratah; 

We found Him in the [ fields [ of the | forest. 

Minister: 

In His days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; 
and this is His name whereby He shall be called, The Lord our Justice. 

People: 

Awake, awake, put on strength, O | arm • of the | Lord; 
Awake, as | in the J ancient | days. 

Minister: 

Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I 
will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord. 



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My soul shall be | joyful | in my | God; 

For He hath cloth-ed me with the garments j of sal J vation, 
He hath cover-ed me | with the | robe of | justice. 



Minister: 

Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord; for He is raised up out of 
His holy habitation. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who [ is to [ come, 

The I Al ] migh | ty. Amen. 



II. 



EVANGELIZATION. 
1. 

The Minister shall say: 

How beautiful upon the mountains are trie feet of him that bringeth 
good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, 
that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth. 

People: 




Thy watchmen shall lift j up the | voice; 
With the voice to j gether | shall they | sing. 

Minister: 

O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high 
mountains; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice 
with strength. 

People: 

Shake thyself | from the | dust; 
Arise, and sit | down | O Je | rusalem. 

Minister: 

Lift up thy voice, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold 
your God. 

People: 

Behold the Lord God will come with a ] strong | hand, 
And His | arm shall j rule for | Him. 

Minister: 

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath 
anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor; He hath sent me to 
bind up the broken hearted; to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the 
opening of the prison to them that are bound; to proclaim the acceptable 
year of the Lord. 

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EVANGELIZATION. 93 

People: 

Praise the Lord, call up | on His | name, 
Declare His | deeds a | mong the | people. 

Minister: 

Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of 
Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them. 

People: 

He will teach us | of His j ways, 
And we will | walk | in His | paths. 

Minister: 

I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall 
never hold their peace day nor night. 

People: 

I will mention the mercies j of the | Lord, 

And His great goodness | to the | house of | Israel. 

Minister: 

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show 
my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. 

People: 

Help me O | Lord my | God; 

O save me ac | cording | to Thy | mercy. 

Minister: 



To-day if ye will hear His voice, harden not your heart. 

People: 




Save us O | Lord our j God, 
And j gather • us j from the | nations, 
To give thanks unto Thy | holy | name, 
And to | triumph j in Thy | praise. 



Minister: 

His name shall endure forever; His name shall be continued as long 
as the sun; and men shall be blessed in Him; all nations shall call Him 
blessed. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For | ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The J Al | migh | ty. Amen. 



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ANTIPHONS. 



2. 

The Minister shall say: 

And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their 
synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom. 

People: 

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And He heal-ed | all their | sickness 
And all dis | ease a | mong the | people. 

Minister: 

But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion 
on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep 
having no shepherd. 

People: 

The Lord hath comfort | ed His [ people, 
And will have | mercy • on j His af | flicted. 

Minister: 

Then saith He unto His disciples, the harvest truly is plenteous, but 
the laborers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He 
will send forth laborers into His harvest. 

People: 

He shall send from j heaven • and | save me; 
God shall send forth His | mercy | and His | truth. 

Minister: 

And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the 
gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be 
saved; but he that believeth not shall be condemned. 

People: 

O send out Thy light | and Thy | truth; 
Let | them | lead | me. 

Minister: 

This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a 
witness unto all nations. 



K V ANGEUZ ATION . 



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People: 

Declare His glory a | tnong the | nations, 
His | wonders • a | mong all | people. 

Minister: 

There is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid that 
shall not be known. 

People: 

I will de | clare for | ever; 

I will sing praise | to the | God of | Jacob. 

Minister: 

What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light; and what ye 
hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. 

People: 

And His voice was like the voice of | many | waters; 
And the earth did | shine | with His | glory. 

Minister: 

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold; them also I must 
bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one 
Shepherd. 



People: 




Give ear, O | Shepherd • of | Israel, 
Thou that leadest | Joseph | like a | flock, 
Thou that dwellest be | tween the | cherubim, 
Shine forth and | come for | our sal | vation. 



Minister: 

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; and 
I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall 
any man pluck them out of my hand. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For | ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The | Al | migh j ty. Amen. 



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ANT IPHONS. 



The Minister shall say. 



I was in the spirit on trie Lord 's day, and heard behind me a great 
voice as of a trumpet, saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the First and the 
Last. 

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Let the | daughters • of | Judah • be | glad. 

Minister: 

What thou seest, write in a book, and send to the seven churches 
which are in Asia. 

People: 

O Lord be merciful | unto | us; 
Because | we have | waited • for | Thee. 

Minister: 

Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, 
and the things which shall be hereafter. 

People: 

The Lord hath brought | forth our | justice; 

Come let us declare in Zion the | work • of the | Lord our | God. 

Minister: 

In the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin 
to sound, the mystery of God shall be finished, as He hath declared to 
His servants the prophets. 

People: 

His seed shall en | dure for | ever, 
And His throne | shall be | as the j sun. 

Minister: 

And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and 
as the voice of great thunder; and I heard the voice of harpers harping 
with their harps. 



People: 



The voice of the Lord is up j on the | waters; 
And the | God of | glory | thundereth. 



EVANGELIZATION. 



97 



Minister: 

And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before 
the four beasts, and the elders; and no man could learn that song, but 
the hundred and forty -four thousand, which were redeemed from the 
earth. 

People: 

I will be glad and re | joice in | Thee; 

I will sing praise to Thy | name O | Thou most | High. 

Minister: 

And I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the 
everlasting Gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to 
every nation, and tribe, and tongue, and people. 

People: 

All the ends of the earth | shall re | member, 
And shall | turn | unto • the | Iyord. 

Minister: 

Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to Him; for the 
hour of His judgment is come; and worship Him that made heaven, and 



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Until He revealeth His secret | unto • His | servants • the | prophets. 

The lion hath roar-ed, | who will • not | fear? 

The I^ord God hath | spoken, who | can but | prophesy? 



Minister: 

Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the 
nations; publish ye, praise ye, and say, O I^ord, save Thy people, the 
remnant of Israel. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For | ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The | Al | migh | ty. Amen. 



III. 

FAITH. 
1. 

The Minister shall say: 

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new 
covenant with the honse of Israel, and with the house of Judah. 

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Even | praise | unto • our | God. 

Minister: 

This shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, 
After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, 
and write it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be 
my people. 

People: 

It is God that girdeth [ me with 1 strength, 
And | maketh • my | way | perfect. 

Minister: 

And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every 
man his brother, saying, Know the Lord; for they shall all know me, 
from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord. 

People: 

Praise the Lord; for I know that the j Lord is | great, 
And that our God | is a ] bove all j gods. 

Minister: 

These are the words that ye shall do, Speak ye every man the truth 
to his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates; 
think no evil in your heart against your neighbor; and love no false 
oath; for all these things do I hate, saith the Lord. 

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FAITH. 99 



People: 

Hear me O God in the multitude | of Thy | mercy; 
In the | truth of | Thy sal | vation. 

Minister: 

Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may 
dwell with me. 

People: 

The Lord hath done great | things for j us; 
Where | of | we are | glad. 

Minister: 

Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I shall lay for a foun- 
dation in Zion a stone, a tried stone, a corner stone, a sure foundation. 

People: 

Though an host should en | camp a | gainst me, 
My | heart shall | not • be a j fraid. 

Minister: 

For the stone which the builders refused is become the head of the 
corner. 

People: 

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This is the | Lord's | doing; 
It is | marvel • lous | in our j eyes. 
This is the day the | Lord hath | made; 
We will rejoice | and be | glad in | it. 

Minister: 

In God will I praise His Word; in the Lord will I praise His Word. 
In God have I put my trust; I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For | ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The | Al | migh | ty. Amen. 



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2. 

The Minister shall say: 

Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be 
thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his 
heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to 
pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. 

People: 

God is my | strength and | power; 
And He | maketh • my | way | perfect. 

Minister: 

Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye 
pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. 

People: 

The Lord is | gracious • and | just; 
Yea | our | God is | merciful. 

Minister: 

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye 
will, and it shall be done unto you. 

People: 

I will sing of the mercies of the | Lord for | ever; 
And the | heavens • shall | praise Thy | wonders. 

Minister: 

I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth in me 
should not abide in darkness. 

People: 

Mine eyes are ever | toward • the | Lord; 

For He shall pluck my | feet | out • of the | net. 



FAITH. IOI 

Minister: 

I am the bread of life; he that cometh unto me shall never hunger; 
and he that believeth in me shall never thirst. 

People: 

Truly my soul | waiteth • on | God; 
From Him | cometh | my sal | vation. 

Minister: 

And this is the will of Him which sent me, that every one which 
seeth the Son, and believeth in Him, may have everlasting life; and I 
will raise him up at the last day. 

People: 

Praise the Lord all | ye that | fear Him; 
Glorify Him | all ye | seed of | Jacob. 

Minister: 

If ye abide in my Word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye 
shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 

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Who shall not fear Thee, O | King of | nations ? 
There is | none like | unto | Thee. 

Minister: 

He that believeth in me hath everlasting life. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For ( ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The | Al | migh | ty. Amen. 



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3. 

The Minister shall say: 

These things saith He that is holy, He that is true, He that hath 
the key of David, He that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth 
and no man openeth. 



People: 




Seek the Lord | and His | strength; 
Seek His | face j ever | more. 

Minister: 

I know thy works; behold, I have set before thee an open door, and 
no man can shut it. 

People: 

He shall open and | none shall | shut ; 

And He shall | shut and | none shall | open. 

Minister: 

For thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my Word, and hast 
not denied my name. 

People: 

He preserveth the soul | of His | saints; 

He delivereth them from the | hand | of the | wicked. 

Minister: 

Hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. 

People: 

Thy testi J monies • are | wonderful; 
Therefore | doth my | soul | keep them. 

Minister: 

Here is the patience of the saints; here are they that keep the 
commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. 



FAITH. 



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People: 

The Lord exalteth the horn | of His | people, 
And the | praise of | all His | saints. 

Minister: 

Behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be 
tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. 

People: 

See my affliction, and de | liver | me; 
For I do I not for | get Thy | law. 

Minister: 

Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. 

People: 

I will fear no evil for J Thou art | with me, 
Thy rod and Thy j staff they | comfort j me. 

Minister: 

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the 
churches. 



People: 




Teach me Thy | way O | Lord; 

I will I walk I in Thy | truth; 

Unite my heart to | fear Thy | name, 

And I will glorify Thy | name for | ever | more. 

Minister: 

O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in Thee. 



People 



Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A j men; 

Who is and who was, and who j is to | come, 

The j Al J migh | ty. Amen. 



IV. 

REPENTANCE. 
1. 

The Minister shall say; 

Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from 
before mine eyes; cease to do evil; learn to do well. 

People: 




Purge me with hyssop, and | I shall • be | clean; 
Wash me and | I shall • be | whiter • than | snow. 

Minister; 

Amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord 
your God. 

People: 

Let me | not • be a | shamed, 

Let not mine enemies | triumph | over | me. 

Minister: 

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. 
People: 

Lord be merciful | unto | me; 

For | I have | sinned • a | gainst Thee. 

Minister: 

Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. 

People: 

1 ackn6wledge my | sin • unto | Thee, 
And mine iniqui | ty have | I not | hid. 

Minister: 

Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore. 

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repentance;. 105 

People: 

I said I will confess my transgressions | unto • the | Lord, 
And Thou forgavest the in | iqui • ty | of my | sin. 

Minister: 

Repent and turn from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not 
be 3'our ruin. For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, 
saith the Lord God; wherefore turn ye and live. 

People: 

He he'aleth the | broken • in | heart, 
And I bindeth | up their | wounds. 

Minister: 

As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the 
wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. 

People: 

Turn Thou us unto j Thee O | Lord, 
And I we | shall be | turned. 

Minister: 

Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house 
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And turn a | gain | unto • the | Lord; 
Let us lift up our heart [ with our | hands 
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Minister: 

Then shall ye dwell in the land which the Lord hath given unto 
you and to your fathers for ever and ever. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For j ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The j Al j migh | ty. Amen. 



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2. 

The Minister shall say: 



Then went out to Him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region 
round about Jordan, and were baptized in Jordan, confessing their sins. 

People: 




I acknowledge | my trans | gressions; 
And my | sin is | ever • be | fore me. 



Minister: 

The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, 
and believe the Gospel. 

People: 

The opening of Thy words | giveth | light; 
It giveth under | standing | to the | simple. 

Minister: 

And His disciples went forth, and preached that men should repent. 

People: 

I thought | on my | ways, 

And turn-ed my | feet | to Thy | testimonies. 

Minister: 

They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick; 
for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. 

People: 

The Lord is nigh unto all them that | call up • on | Him, 
That | call up • on | Him in | truth. 

Minister: 

Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as 
little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 



REPENTANCE. 



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People: 

The afflicted shall see | and be | glad; 

And ye that seek | God, your j heart shall | live. 

Minister: 

Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels 
of God over one sinner that repenteth. 

People: 

Let them that love Thy name re | joice in | Thee, 
For Thou O [ Lord wilt | bless the | just. 

Minister: 

No man can come to me, except the Father which sent me draw 
him; and I will raise him up at the last day. 

People: 

Thou O [ Lord art | good, 

And j ready | to for | give; 

And I plenteous • in | mercy 

To all j them that | call up • on | Thee. 

Minister: 

God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth 
unto God. Also unto Thee, O Lord, is mercy; for Thou renderest to 
every man according to his work. 

People: 

Glory and might be [ unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to j come, 

The I Al I migh | ty. Amen. 



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3. 

The Minister shall say: 

Be watchful, and strengthen the things that remain, that are ready 
to die; for I have not found thy works perfect before God. 

People: 

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And | teach | me Thy | paths. 

Minister: 

Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold 
fast, and repent. 

People: 

Order my steps | in Thy | Word; 

And let not any iniquity have do | minion | over | me. 

Minister: 

Behold, I come quickly; hold fast that which thou hast, that no man 
take thy crown. 

People: 

Deliver me from the op | pression - of | man; 
So | will I | keep Thy | precepts. 

Minister: 

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten; be zealous therefore, and 
repent. 

People: 

My heart is fixed O God, my | heart is | fixed; 
I will sing and give | praises | unto | Thee. 

Minister: 

Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear my voice, 
and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he 
with me. 



REPENTANCE. 



People: 

Teach me to | do Thy | will; 
For | Thou | art my | God. 

Minister: 

These are they that follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. 

People: 

The Lord preserveth all | them that | love Him; 
But all the | wicked • will | He de | stroy. 

Minister: 

These were redeemed from among men, the first fruits to God and 
the Lamb. 

People: 

My mouth shall speak the praise | of the | Lord; 
And let all flesh | bless His | holy | name. 

Minister: 

And in their mouth was found no guile; for they are without fault 
before the throne of God. 



People: 




The salvation of the just is | of the | Lord; 
He is their | strength • in the | time of | trouble. 
And the Lord shall deliver them | from the | wicked, 
And save them be [ cause they | trust in | Him. 

Minister: 

The ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk therein. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For | ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The | Al | migh | ty. Amen. 



V. 



REGENERATION. 
1. 

The Minister shall say: 

Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while 
He is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man 
his thoughts; and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy 
upon him; and unto our God, for He will abundantly pardon. 

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Save me | for Thy j mercies' | sake. 

M inister: 

Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die ? saith the 
Lord God; and not that he should turn from his ways and live ? 

People: 

Let me not be a | shamed • O | Lord; 
For | I have | called • up | on Thee. 

Minister: 

Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have 
transgressed ; and make you a new heart and a new spirit ; for why will 
ye die, O house of Israel ? 

People: 

Make haste unto ] me O | God; 

Thou art my | help and | my de | liverer. 

Minister: 

Come, and let us return unto the Lord, for He hath torn, and He 
will heal us; He hath smitten, and He will bind us up. 

People: 

Behold, | God is • mine | helper; 

The Lord is with | them • that up | hold my | soul. 

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Minister: 

And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean; 
from all your filtliiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 

People: 

Thy Word have I hid | in my | heart, 
That I | might not | sin a • gainst j Thee. 

Minister: 

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within 
you; and I will take away the heart of stone out of your flesh, and I 
will give you a heart of flesh. 

People: 

I will set no wicked thing be j fore mine | eyes; 
I hate the work of j them that | turn a | side. 

Minister: 

And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my 
statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them. 

People: 

I will run the way of | Thy com | mandments, 
For Thou | shalt en | large my | heart. 

Minister: 

Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live; and 
ye shall know that I am the Lord. 

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They that dwell under His shadow | shall re | turn; 
They shall re | vive | as the | corn, 
And flourish | as the | vine; 

And the scent thereof | as the | wine of | Lebanon. 

Minister: 

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine 
anger is turned away from him; and I will be as the dew unto Israel. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For | ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who j is to | come, 

The | Al | migh ty. Amen. 



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2. 

The Minister shall say: 

Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the 
way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat. 

People: 

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Through Thy precepts I | get • under | standing; 
Therefore I hate | every | false | way. 

Minister: 

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth 
unto life, and few there be that find it. 

People: 

Thy Word is a lamp | unto • my | feet, 
And a | light | unto • my | path. 

Minister; 

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he 
cannot see the kingdom of God. 

People: 

Blessed is every one that | feareth • the | I^ord; 
That | walketh | in His | ways. 

Minister: 

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and 
of the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 

People: 

I will lift up my hands to | Thy com | mandments; 
And I will | medi • tate | in Thy | statutes. 

Minister: 

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of 
the spirit is spirit. 

People: 

Praise the Eord | O my | soul. 

While I live | will I | praise the | Lord. 



REGENERATION. 



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Minister: 

And except a grain of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth 
alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. 

People: 

Have mercy upon | me O | Lord, 

Thou that liftest me up | from the | gates of | death. 

Minister: 

He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in, 
this world, shall keep it unto life eternal. 

People: 

In God have I | put my j trust; 

I will not fear what | flesh can j do • unto | me. 

Minister: 

If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up 
his cross daily, and follow me. 

People: 

I will go in the strength of the j Lord | God; 

I will make mention of Thy | justice, of | Thine a | lone. 

Minister; 

Except your righteousness shall exceed that of the Scribes and 
Pharisees, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 

People: 




O bless our | God, ye | people, 
And make the voice of His j praise | to be ( heard; 
Who placeth our soul a | mong the | living, 
And suffereth not our | feet | to be | moved. 

Minister: 

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is 
perfect. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who [ is to | come, 

The I Al j migh J ty. Amen. 



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3. 

The Minister shall say: 

To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which 
is in the midst of the paradise of God. 

People: 




The Lord will make her wilderness j like ' Eden, 
And her desert like the j garden | of the | Lord. 

Minister: 

He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. 

People: 

God is my rock, and ' my sal J vation; 
I shall | not be | greatly | moved. 

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To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna. 


People: 

The afflicted shall eat j and be filled; 

They shall | praise the | Lord that seek Him. 

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He that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him 
will I give power over the nations. 

People: 

The Lord is my strength ! and niy | shield; 
And with nry \ song | will I | praise Him. 

Minister: 

He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; 
and I will not blot his name out of the book of life. 

People: 

I will rejoice | in the j Lord, 

I will exult in the j God of | my sal | vation. 



REGENERATION. 1 15 

Minister: 

Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, 
and he shall go no more out. 

People: 

Praise Him ye that stand in the house | of the j Lord, 
In the courts of the j house | of our | God. 

Minister: 

To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, 
even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in His throne. 

People: 

The Lord raiseth them that are | bow • ed | down; 
For the J Lord | loveth • the | just. 

Minister: 

He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, 
and he shall be my son. 

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Yea the Lord | sitteth j King for | ever. 
The Lord will give strength | to His j people; 
The Lord will [ bless His | people • with | peace. 

Minister: 

Amen. Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and 
honor, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. 

People: 

Glory and might be j unto j Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A I men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to 1 come, 

The I Al j migh | ty. Amen. 



VI. 

HUMILIATION OF THE LORD. 
1. 

Humiliation. 

The Minister shall say: 

Who hath believed our report ? and to whom is the arm of the Lord 
revealed ? 



People: 




Be Thou exalted O Lord in | Thine own | strength; 
And we will | sing and | praise Thy | power. 

Minister: 

He hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see Him, there 
is no beauty that we should desire Him. 



People: 

Thou art my God and | I will | praise Thee; 
Thou art my God | and I | will ex | alt Thee. 

Minister: 

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted 
with grief; and we hid as it were our faces from Him. 

People: 

Now know I that the Lord saveth | His a | nointed; 
He will hear Him | from His | holy | heaven. 

Minister: 

He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. Yet He hath borne 
our griefs, and carried our sorrows. 

People: 

Great is Thy mercy | toward | me; 

Thou hast delivered my soul | from the | lowest | hell. 

Minister: 

He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our 
iniquities. 

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HUMILIATION OF THE LORD. 117 

People: 

Thou O Lord art a God full of com | passion • and | gracious, 
Long suffering, | plenteous • in | mercy • and | truth. 

Minister: 

The chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes 
we are healed. 

People: 

Mercy shall be built | up for | ever; 

Thy truth shalt Thou establish | in the | very | heavens. 

Minister: 

He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth. 

People: 

And the heavens shall praise Thy | wonders • O | Lord; 
And Thy truth in the congre | gation | of the | saints. 

Minister; 

His visage was marred more than any man, and His form more 
than the sons of men. 

People: 

Who in the heaven can be compar-ed | to the | Lord ? 

Who among the sons of the mighty can be | liken • ed | to the | Lord? 

Minister: 

And He made His grave with the wicked, and with the rich in His 
death. 

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Ye waste | places | of Je | rusalem ; 
For the Lord hath comforted | His | people, 
He | hath re | deemed • Je | rusalem. 

Minister: 

Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at His holy mountain; for 
the Lord our God is holy. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For | ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The | Al | migh | ty. Amen. 



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2. 

Despair. 

The Minister shall say; 

The waters are come into my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there 
is no standing; I am come into deep waters, and the floods overflow me. 

People: 

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At the voice of Thy | thunder • they | hasted • a | way. 

Minister: 

My days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an 
hearth. 

People: 

The heavens shall perish, but | Thou • shalt en | dure; 
They shall wax | old | like a | garment. 

M inister; 

My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat 
my bread. 

People: 

But | Thou • art the | same, 

And Thy | years shall | have no | end. 

Minister: 

I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the 
people. 

People: 

Surely the wrath of | man shall | praise Thee; 
The remainder of | wrath shalt | Thou re | strain. 

Minister: 

My heart panteth, my strength faileth me; and the light of mine 
eyes is gone from me. 

People: 

The Lord | is their | strength, 

And He is the saving | strength of | His a | nointed. 

Minister: 

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kins- 
men stand afar off. 



HUMILIATION OF THE LORD. 119 

People: 

How long shall the adversary re | proach O | God ? 
Shall the enemy bias | pheme Thy | name for | ever ? 

Minister: 

My heart is sore pained within me, and the terrors of death are 
fallen upon me. 

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Their Re | deemer • is | strong; 
The Lord of | Hosts | is His | name. 

Minister: 

Fear and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed 

me. 

People: 

Let God arise, let His | enemies • be | scattered; 
And let them that J hate Him | flee be j fore Him. 

Minister: 

For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life 
down to the ground. 

People: 

The Lord liveth, and blessed | be my | Rock; 
And let the God of my sal | vation j be ex | alted. 

Minister: 

My spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. 

People: 

The waters saw Thee God, the | waters • saw j Thee; 
They were afraid, | and the | deeps were [ moved. 
The voice of Thy thunder was | in the | heaven; 
Thy j lightnings | lightened • the | world. 

M mister: 

But Thou, O Lord, shalt endure forever; and Thy remembrance to 
all generations. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For | ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The I Al I migh | ty. Amen. 



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3. 

Passion of the Cross. 

The Minister shall say: 

My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me ? 

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Thou that inhabit | est the | praises • of | Israel. 

Minister; 

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind. 

People: 

But the Lord shall en | dure for | ever; 

He hath pre | pared • His | throne for | judgment. 

Minister: 

False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I 
knew not. 

People: 

My tongue shall speak | of Thy [ justice, 
And of Thy praise | all the | day | long. 

| Minister: 

All they that see me laugh me to scorn. 

People: 

I will declare Thy name | to my j brethren ; 

In the midst of the congre \ gation | will I | praise Thee. 

Minister: 

My heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. 

People: 

My praise shall be of Thee in the great j congre j gation; 
I will pay my vows be j fore | them that j fear Him. 

Minister: 

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to 
my jaws; and Thou hast brought me into the dust of death. 

People: 

In God is my salvation | and my | glory; 
He is the | rock | of my | strength. 

Minister: 

For dogs have compassed me; the assembly of the wicked have 
enclosed me; they pierced my hands and my feet. 



HUMILIATION OF THE LORD. 121 

People: 

In God we | shall be | strong; 

For He | shall tread | down our | enemies. 

M inister: 

They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. 

People: 

Thy praise shall be to the ends | of the | earth; 
Thy right | hand is | full of | justice. 

Minister: 

They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me 
vinegar to drink. 

People: 

Verily there is a reward | for the | just; 

Verily there is a God that | judgeth j in the | earth. 

Minister: 

I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked 
off the hair; I hid not my face from the shame and the spitting. 

People: 

This God | is our | God 
For | ever | and for | ever. 

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Forsake me not, O Lord; O my God, be not far from me. 

People: 




He shall have dominion from | sea to | sea, 

And from the river to the | end | of the | earth. 

They that dwell in the wilderness shall | bow be | fore Him; 

And His ene | mies shall | lick the | dust. 

Minister: 

The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, 
my strength; in Him will I trust. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto 1 Him, 

For | ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The | Al | migh | ty. Amen. 



VII. 



REDEMPTION. 



The Minister shall say: 

Who is He that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from 
Bozrah? He that is glorious in His apparel, travelling in the greatness 
of His strength. 

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Minister: 

I that speak in justice, mighty to save. 

People: 

He raiseth up the poor | out • of the | dust, 
And lifteth up the needy | out | of the | dunghill. 

M mister: 

For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my 
redeemed is come. 

People: 

He hath remember-ed vis in our | low es | tate; 
For His ] mercy | is for | ever. 

M in ister: 

And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that 
there was none to uphold; therefore mine own arm brought salvation 
unto me. 

People: 

And hath redeem-ed us | from our | enemies; 
For His | mercy | is for | ever. 

Minister: 

For He said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie; 
so He was their Savior. 

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REDEMPTION. 123 

People: 

I will sing I of Thy | power; 

Yea I will sing aloud of Thy | mercy | in the | morning. 

Minister: 

In all their affliction He was afflicted, and the angel of His presence 
saved them. 

People: 

For Thou hast been | my de | fence, 
And my refuge | in the | day of | trouble. 

Minister: 

In His love and in His pity He redeemed them; and He bare them, 
and carried them all the days of old. 

People: 

Unto Thee O my strength | will I | sing; 

For God is my defence, and the | God | of my | mercy. 

Minister: 

For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and He hath mixed it 
with wine, He hath filled it with mixture, and He hath poured it out. 

People: 

Even so Lord | God Al ] mighty, 
True and | just [ are Thy | judgments. 

Minister: 

He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away 
tears from off all faces; and the shame of His people shall He take away 
from off all the earth; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken. 

People: 

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For He | hath done j marvel • lous | things; 
His right hand, and His [ holy | arm, 
Have I wrought sal | vation • for | Him. 

Minister: 

Blessed are all they that wait for Him. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The j Al I migh |ty. Amen. 



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ANTIPHONS. 



2. 

The Minister shall say: 

Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. 

People: 

The Sun of Justice | shall a | rise 
With | healing | in His | wings. 

Minister: 

The Son of Man has come to give His life a ransom for many. 

People: 

Our Redeemer the Lord of Hosts | is His | name, 
The | Holy | One of | Israel. 

Minister: 

I am the good Shepherd, and I lay down my life for the sheep. 

People: 

Sing aloud unto | God our | strength; 

Make a joyful noise | unto • the ] God of | Jacob. 

Minister: 

Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that 
I might take it again. 

People: 

In God shall we glory | all the • day | long, 
And j praise Thy | name for | ever. 

Minister: 

No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. 

People: 

For He hath broken the | gates of | brass, 
And cut the | bars of | iron • in | sunder. 

Minister: 

I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. 

People: 

Thy name O Lord shall en | dure for | ever; 
Thy memorial | to all | gener | ations. 



REDEMPTION. 125 

Minister: 

When these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up 
your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. 

People: 

Blessed is the people that know the | joyful | sound; 
They shall walk O Lord in the | light | of Thy | face. 

Minister: 

Now is the judgment of this world; now shall the prince of this 
world be cast out. 

People: 

Now is come sal | vation • and | strength, 

And the kingdom of our God, and the | power | of His | Christ. 

Minister: 

I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 

People: 

For the accuser of our brethren [ is cast | down, 

Which accus-ed them before our | God | day and | night. 

Minister: 

Be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. 

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My lips shall greatly rejoice when I | sing • unto | Thee; 
And my soul which | Thou | hast re | deemed. 

Minister: 

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for He hath visited and redeemed 
His people, and hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house 
of His servant David. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For j ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The I Al I migh | ty. Amen. 



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3. 

The Minister shall say: 

And out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword; and His face 
was as the sun shineth in his strength. 

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Thou hast covered my head j in the | day of j battle. 

Minister: 

Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against 
them with the sword of my mouth. 

People: 

The Lord is a j man of | war; 
The I Lord | is His | name. 

Minister: 

They shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome 
them; for He is Lord of lords and King of kings. 

People: 

The Lord is King for | ever • and j ever; 

The nations are ] perish • ed [ out of • His | land. 

Minister: 

And they that are with Him are called, and chosen, and faithful. 

People: 

The arms of the wicked j shall be | broken; 
For the | Lord up j holdeth • the J just. 

Minister: 

And I saw, and behold a white horse; and He that sat on him had 
a bow; and a crown was given unto Him, and He went forth conquer- 
ing and to conquer. 

People: 

Thy right hand O Lord is | glorious • in | power; 

Thy right hand O Lord hath | broken • in J pieces • the | enemy. 



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Minister: 

And the armies which were in heaven followed Him upon white 
horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 

People: 

For God is my | King of | old, 

Working salvation | in the j midst • of the | earth. 

Minister: 

And out of His mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it He should 
smite the nations; and He shall rule them with a rod of iron; and He 
treadeth the winepress of the fury and wrath of Almighty God. 

People: 

Thy throne O God is for | ever • and | ever; 

The sceptre of Thy kingdom | is a | right | sceptre. 

Minister: 

To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, 
even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in His throne. 

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Shout ye lower | parts | of the | earth; 
Resound with singing | ye | mountains, 
O forest and | every | tree there | in; 
For the Lord hath re | deem • ed | Jacob, 
And hath glori | fied • Him | self in | Israel. 

Minister: 

Who shall not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name ? for Thou 
alone art holy. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The j Al j migh | ty. Amen. 



VIII. 



GLORIFICATION. 
1. 

The Minister shall say: 

The Son of Man shall be delivered into the hands of sinful men, 
and be crucified, and the third day rise again. 

People: 




Thou wilt not leave my | soul in | hell; 

Nor wilt Thou suffer Thy Holy | One to | see cor | ruption. 

Minister: 

And, behold, there was a great earthquake; for the angel of the 
Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from 
the door, and sat upon it. 

People: 

This is the | Lord's | doing; 

It is | marvel • lous | in our | eyes. 

Minister: 

His face was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow; and for 
fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. 

People: 

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I will give thanks | unto • Thy | name for j ever. 

Minister: 

And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye; for 
I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. 

People: 

I will remember the works | of the | Lord; 

Surely I will re | member • Thy | wonders • of | old. 

Minister: 

Why seek ye the living among the dead ? 

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People: 

O turn Thou unto me and have j mere}' • up [ on me; 
Give I strength | unto • Thy | servant. 

Minister: 

He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. 

People: 

The Lord will be the hope | of His | people, 
And the strength 1 of the | children • of j Israel. 

Minister: 

Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into His 
glory? 

People: 

Let them exalt Him in the congregation | of the | people, 
And praise Him in the as sembiy ! of the | elders. 

Minister: 

The Lord is risen indeed. 

People: 

magnify the | Lord with | me, 

And let us ex | alt His | name to | gether. 

Minister: 

1 am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth in me, though 
he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in 
me shall never die. 

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Talk ye of j all His | wondrous | works. 
Glory ye in His | holy | name; 

Let the heart of them re | joice that | seek the | Lord. 

Minister: 

O Lord, Thou art my God; I will exalt Thee, I will praise Thy 
name; for Thou hast done wonderful things; Thy counsels of old are 
faithfulness and truth. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who ] is to I come, 

The Al j migh I ty. Amen. 



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And Thy glory a | bove | all the ] earth. 

Minister: 

But go ye to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my 
Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. 

People: 

Zion heard | and was | glad; 

And the | daughters • of | Judah • re | joiced. 

Minister: 

No man hath ascended into heaven, but He that came down from 
heaven, even the Son of Man who is in heaven. 

People: 

Thy mercy O Lord is | in the | heavens; 
Thy truth | reacheth | to the | clouds. 

Minister: 

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must 
the Son of Man be lifted up, that whosoever believeth in Him should 
not perish, but have everlasting life. 

People: 

The Iy6rd is | great in | Zion; 
He is | high a | bove all | people. 

Minister: 

When ye have lifted up the Son of Man, then shall ye know that I 



People: 

Exalt ye the | Lord our | God, 

And worship at His | footstool; for | He is j holy. 



GLORIFICATION. 



Minister: 

And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me, 

People: 

Thou hast as | cended • on | high, 
Thou hast | led cap | tivi • ty | captive. 

Minister: 

I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world; again, 
I leave the world, and go to the Father. 

People: 

Blessed is He that cometh in the name | of the | Lord. 
God is the Lord, who | hath en | lighten • ed | us. 

Minister: 

Father, the hour is come; glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son may also 
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Give unto the | Lord | glory • and | strength, 
Give unto the Lord the glory | of His | name; 
Worship the Lord | in the | beauty ■ of | holiness. 

Minister: 

All nations whom Thou hast made shall come and worship before 
Thee, O Lord; and shall glorify Thy name. For Thou art great, and 
doest wondrous things; Thou art God alone. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For j ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to j come, 

The | Al | migh | ty. Amen. 



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3. 

The Minister shall say: 

And He was transfigured before them; and His face did shine as 
the sun, and His raiment was white as the light. 



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The glory of the Lord | shall • be re | vealed, 
And all | flesh shall | see to | gether. 

Minister: 

Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him. 

People: 

His seed shall en | dure for | ever, 

And His throne | as the j days of | heaven. 

Minister: 

The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into His 
hand. 

People: 

His glory is great in | Thy sal | vation; 

Glory and honor | hast Thou | laid up | on Him. 

Minister: 

Thou hast given Him power over all flesh, that He should give 
eternal life to as many as Thou hast given Him. 

People: 

The Lord shall | reign for | ever; 

Even thy God O Zion to j all | gener | ations. 

Minister: 

For as the Father hath life in Himself; so hath He given to the 
Son to have life in Himself. 



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People: 

And all the kingdoms of the | earth shall | know 
That Thou art the | Lord and | Thou a | lone. 

Minister: 

In Him was life; and the life was the light of men. 

People: 



And I of His | fulness 

Have we all re | ceived ■ and | grace for | grace. 



Minister: 

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld 
His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace 
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And let all the people | say, A | men. 
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Minister: 

Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For j ever • and j ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to j come, 

The I Al I migh | ty. Amen. 



IX. 



CONJUNCTION WITH THE HUMAN RACK. 



1. 

The Minister shall say: 

The Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, 
and to give His life a ransom for many. 

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It is | marvel • lous ( in our | eyes. 

Minister: 

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so shall 
the Son of Man be lifted up. That whosoever believeth in Him should 
not perish but have eternal life. 

People: 

I shall not | die but | live, 

And declare the | works j of the | Lord. 

Minister: 

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that 
whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 

People: 

Thou hast deliver-ed my | soul from | death; 

And I shall walk before God in the | light | of the | living. 

Minister: 

When ye have lifted up the Son of Man, then shall ye know that I am. 

People: 

All nations shall come and worship before | Thee O | Lord; 
And shall J glori | fy Thy | name. 

Minister: 

And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. 

People: 

The Lord of hosts shall be ex | alted • in | judgment, 
And God that is holy shall be | sancti | fied • in | justice. 

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CONJUNCTION WITH THE HUMAN RACE. I35 

Minister: 

I am the good Shepherd, and I lay down my life for the sheep. 

People: 

Salvation belongeth | unto • the | Lord; 
Thy blessing | is up | on Thy | people. 

Minister: 

Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that 
I might take it again. 

People: 

The Lord is high a | bove all | nations, 
And His glory | is a | bove the | heavens. 

Minister: 

No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have 
power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. 

People: 

Who is like unto the | Lord our | God, 
Who I dwelleth | on j high. 

Minister: 

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life 
for his friends. 

People: 

I will sing unto the Lord as | long • as I | live; 

I will sing praise to my God | while I | have my | being. 

My meditation of Him | shall be [ sweet; 

I will be j glad | in the | Lord. 

Minister: 

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting; 
and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the Lord. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The I Al j migh | ty. Amen. 



I36 ANTIPHONS. 

2. 

The Minister shall say: 

Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which 
endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give unto 
you. 

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And Thou givest them their | meat | in its | season. 



Minister: 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from 
heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. 

People: 

The Lord preserveth all j them that | love Him; 
But all the | wicked • will | He de | stroy. 

Minister: 

I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any man 
eat of this bread, he shall live for ever. 

People: 

Truly my soul waiteth | still up • on | God; 
From Him I cometh | my sal | vation. 

Minister: 

And the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for 
the life of the world. 

People: 

God is the strength | of my | heart, 
And He | is my | portion • for | ever. 

Minister: 

Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink His blood, ye 
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People: 

O give thanks unto the Lord, for | He is | good; 
For His I mercy | is for | ever. 

Minister: 

Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; 
and I will raise Him up at the last day. 

People: 

O give thanks to the | God of [ gods; 



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For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 

People: 

O give thanks to the | Lord of | lords; 
For His I mercy | is for | ever. 

Minister: 

He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, 
and I in him. 

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For His I mercy | is for | ever. 

O give thanks to the | God of | heaven; 

For His I mercy | is for | ever. 

Minister: 

Let all flesh bless His holy name for ever and ever. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The I Al I migh | ty. Amen. 



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ANTIPHONS. 



The Minister shall say: 

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of 
itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 

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The just shall | praise Thy | name, 

The upright shall | dwell in | Thy | presence. 

Minister: 

I am the vine, ye are the branches ; he that abideth in me, and I in 
him, the same bringeth forth much fruit; for without me ye can do 
nothing. 

People: 

Among the gods there is none like unto | Thee O | Lord; 
Neither are there any works | like • unto | Thy | works. 

Minister: 

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what 
ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 

People: 

It is God that girdeth | me with | strength, 
And I maketh • my | way | perfect. 

Minister: 

Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit. 

People: 

Yea the Lord | will give | good; 

And our | land shall j yield her | increase. 

Minister: 

In that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, 
and I in you. 

People: 

They that love Thy name shall re | joice in | Thee; 
For I Thou wilt | bless the | just. 

Minister: 

That they all may be one; as Thou, Father, art in me, and I in 
Thee, that they also may be one in us. 



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People: 

magnify the | Lord with | me, 

And let us ex | alt His | name to | gether. 

Minister: 

Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear my voice, 
and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and 
he with me. 

People: 

1 will hear what God the | Lord will | speak, 
For He will speak | peace | to His | people. 

Minister: 

To him that overcometh will I give to sit with me in my throne, 
even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in His throne. 

People: 

The Lord shall | reign for | ever, 

Even thy God Zion | to all | gener | ations. 

Minister: 

Let us be glad and rejoice, and give glory unto Him; for the mar- 
riage of the Lamb is come, and His wife hath made herself ready. 

People: 

Blessed be the Lord God, the | God of | Israel, 
Who a I lone • doeth | wondrous | things. 
And blessed be His glorious | name for | ever; 
And let all the earth be | fill • ed | with His | glory. 

Minister: 

Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is 
in the Lord his God. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who j is to | come, 

The I Al I migh | ty. Amen. 



THE LORD. 
1. 

The Minister shall say: 

And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM. 



People: 




Glory and dominion | be • unto | Him, 
Who is and who was | and who | is to | come. 

Minister: 

Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me 
unto you. 

People: 

Who is like unto | Thee O | Lord ? 

Who is like unto | Thee a | mong the | gods ? 

Minister: 

The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God 
of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you. 

People: 

Who is like Thee, | glorious • in | holiness, 
Fearful in | praises, | doing | wonders? 

Minister: 

This is my name for ever, and this is my memorial to all gen- 
erations. 

People: 

The Lord shall | reign for | ever; 
The | Lord | is His | name. 

Minister: 

I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior. 

People: 

The Lord is my | strength and | song; 
And | He | is my | God. 

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Minister: 

All flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Savior, and thy 
Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. 

People: 

Behold the Lord's hand is not shortened that it | cannot | save; 
Nor His ear heavy | that it | cannot | hear. 

Minister; 

For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is His name; 
and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; the God of the whole earth 
shall He be called. 

People: 

For the Lord is great, and ] greatly • to be | praised; 
He is to be j feared • a | bove all I gods. 

Minister: 

I am the First and I am the Last; and beside me there is no God. 

People: 

As for all the gods of the nations, j they are | idols; 
But the I Lord | made the ] heavens. 

Minister: 

The Lord is the true God, He is the living God, and the everlasting 
King. 

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Praise ye the name | of the | Lord; 
Praise Him ye | servants | of the | Lord. 
For I know that the | Lord is | great, 
And that our Lord | is a | bove all | gods. 

Minister: 

Thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel 
acknowledge us not; Thou, O Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer; Thy 
name is from everlasting. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For | ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The | Al | migh | ty. Amen. 



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ANTIPHONS. 



2. 

The Minister shall say: 



He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the 
world knew Him not. 

People: . 




I will freely sacri | fice • unto | Thee; 
I will | praise Thy | name O | Lord. 

Minister: 

He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. But as 
many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of 
God, even to them that believe on His name. 

People: 

Salvation belongeth | unto • the | Lord; 
Thy blessing | is up | on Thy | people. 

Minister: 

Before Abraham was, I AM. 

People: 

I remember the | days of ( old; 
I medi | tate on ] all Thy | works. 

Minister: 

If ye believe not that I AM, ye shall die in your sins. 

People: 

Bless the Lord | O my | soul; 

Lord my God | Thou art | very | great. 

Minister: 

1 am the living Bread, which came down from heaven; if any man 
eat of this Bread, he shall live for ever. 

People: 

He satisfieth the | longing | soul, 

And filleth the | hungry | soul with | good. 

Minister: 

I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. 



THE LORD. 143 

People. 

The Lord is my | strength and | song; 
And is be | come | my sal j vation. 

Minister: 

If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also; and 
from henceforth ye know Him, and have seen Him. 

People: 

There is a voice of rejoicing | and sal | vation 
In the taber | nacles | of the ] just. 

Minister: 

He that hath seen me hath seen the Father. 

People: 

The right hand of the Lord | is ex | alted; 

The right hand of the | Lord | doeth | valiantly. 

Minister: 

I and the Father are one. 

People: 

His covenant hath He com j manded - for | ever; 
Holy and | reverend | is His | name. 

Minister: 

All power is given unto me in heaven and on earth. 

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The I Lord is | clothed • with | strength. 

The Lord on high is mightier than the voice of ] many | waters, 
Yea than the mighty | waves | of the | sea. 

Minister: 

The God of Israel is He that giveth strength and power to His 
people. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The I Al I migh | ty. Amen. 



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ANTIPHONS. 



3. 

The Minister shall say: 



I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, saith the 
Lord, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty. 

People: 




give thanks unto the | God of | gods; 
For His | mercy | is for | ever. 

Minister: 

1 am the First and the Last; I am He that liveth and was dead; 
and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and I have the keys of 
hell and of death. 

People: 

Praise | ye the | Lord; 

For it is good to sing | praises | unto • our | God. 

Minister: 

These things saith He that holdeth the seven stars in His right 
hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks. 

People: 

Thy name O Lord en | dureth • for | ever; 
And Thy memorial | to all | gener | ations. 

Minister: 

And they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord 
God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come. 

People: 

Give glory and honor and | thanks • unto | Him, 
That liveth for | ever | and for | ever. 

Minister: 

Alleluia; for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. 



the; lord. 145 

People: 

Thy kingdom is an ever | lasting | kingdom, 
And Thy dominion ! to all | gener | ations. 

Minister: 

And He hath on His vesture and on His thigh a name written, 
King of kings, and Lord of lords. 

People: 

For the kingdom | is the | Lord's; 

And He | ruleth • a [ mong the | nations. 

Minister: 

I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give 
unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. 

People: 

He will open rivers | in high | places, 

And fountains | in the | midst • of the | valleys. 

Minister: 

He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, 
and he shall be my son. 



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And I power • be | unto | Him 

That sitteth up | on the | throne, 

And unto the j Lamb for | ever • and | ever. 

Minister: 

The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, 
and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever. 

People: 

Glory and might be [ unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The I Al I migh | ty. Amen. 



XI. 



THE WORD 
1. 

The Minister shall say: 

Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the 
words of my mouth. 

People: 




I will proclaim the name | of the | Lord; 
Give ye | greatness | to our | God. 



Minister: 

My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the 
dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as showers upon the 
grass. 

People: 

He is the Rock, His | work is | perfect; 
For | all His | waj'S are | judgment. 

Minister: 

For the Word of the Lord is right; and all His works are done in 
truth. 

People: 

He loveth | justice • and | judgment; 

The earth is full of the | mercy ] of the | Lord. 

Minister: 

By the Word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host 
of them by the breath of His mouth. 

People: 

For He spake and | it was | done; 
He commanded | and it | stood | fast. 

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the; word. 147 

Minister: 

The Lord gave the Word; great is the host of them that bear the 
tidings. 

People: 

Bless ye God in the | congre | gation, 

Even the Lord | from the | fountain • of | Israel. 

Minister: 

And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the Book, and the 
eyes of the blind shall see out of darkness. 

People: 

The eyes of the blind | shall be | opened, 

And the ears of the | deaf shall | be un | stopped. 

Minister: 

To the law and to the testimony; if they speak not according to 
this Word, it is because there is no light in them. 

People: 

In God is my salvation | and my | glory; 
He is the | Rock | of my | strength. 

Minister: 



The grass withereth, and the flower fadeth, but the Word of our 
God shall stand for ever. 

People: 




O praise the Lord, | all ye | nations; 
Praise | Him | all ye | people; 
For His mercy is | great • toward | us; 
And the truth of the | Lord | is for | ever. 



Minister: 

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the 
Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid ? 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The I Al I migh | ty. Amen. 



148 ANTIPHONS. 

2. 

The Minister shall say: 

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and 
the Word was God. 

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Thy mercy is great a | bove the | heavens; 
And Thy truth | even | to the | clouds. 

Minister: 

All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything 
made that was made. 

People: 

My help is | from the | Lord, 

Who made the | heaven | and the | earth. 

Minister: 

In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 

People: 

With Thee is the | fountain • of | life; 
In Thy | light shall | we see | light. 

Minister: 

He was the true Light that lighteth every man that cometh into 
the world. 

People: 

When I I sit in | darkness, 

The Lord shall | be a | light • unto | me. 

Minister: 

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 

People: 

The counsel of the Lord shall | stand for | ever, 
The thoughts of His heart to j all j gener | ations. 



THE WORD. 



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Minister: 

It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing ; the 
words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. 

People: 

Thy Word is | very | pure; 

There | fore Thy | servant | loveth it. 

Minister: 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall 
never see death. 

People: 

The justice of Thy testimonies is | ever | lasting; 
Give me under | standing • and | I shall | live. 

Minister: 

Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life; 
and they are they which testify of me. 

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The mountains shall | drop new | wine, 

And the | hills shall | flow with | milk, 

And all the rivers of Judah shall | flow with | waters, 

And a fountain shall come forth | out • of the | house • of the | Lord. 

Minister: 

Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never 
thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a fountain 
of water springing up into everlasting life. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever - and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who j is to [ come, 

The 1 Al I migh | ty. Amen. 



ANTIPHONS. 



The Minister shall say: 

And I saw in the right hand of Him that sat on the throne a Book 
written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals. 



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And unto the | Lamb for | ever • and ] ever. 

M: inister: 

And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is 
worthy to open the Book, and to loose the seals thereof ? 

People: 

Thou art | worthy , O | Lord, 

To receive j glory, and | honor, and | power. 

Minister: 

And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was 
able to open the Book, neither to look thereon. 

People: 

He will save us for His | name's | sake, 
To make | known His | mighty | power. 

Minister: 

And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and 
to read the Book, neither to look thereon. 

People: 

Power belongeth | unto | God; 

And unto | Thee O | Lord is | mercy. 

Minister: 

And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not; behold, the Lion 
of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the 
Book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. 

People: 

Thou art worthy to | take the | Book, 
And to | open • the | seals there | of. 



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Minister: 

And He was clothed in a vesture dipped in blood; and His name is 
called the Word of God. 

People: 

Wherefore art Thou red in | Thine ap j parel, 

And Thy garments like him that | treadeth | in the | winepress. 

Minister: 

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the 
books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the Book 
of life; and the dead were judged out of the things written in the books, 
according to their works. 

People: 

With justice shall He | judge the | world 
And the | people | with | equity. 

Minister: 

And He shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, 
proceeding out of the throne of God, and of the Lamb. 

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And | I will | praise Thy | name 
For Thy mercy and | for Thy | truth; 
For Thou hast | magni | fied ■ Thy | Word. 

Minister: 

And He saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For | ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The | Al | migh | ty. Amen. 



XII. 



THE HOLY SPIRIT. 

The Minister shall say: 

And darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of 
God moved upon the face of the waters. 

People: 




The voice of the Lord is up | on the | waters; 
And the | God of | glory | thundereth. 



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People: 




The heavens declare the | glory • of | God; 




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His | hands. 



Minister: 

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and 
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living 
soul. 

People: 

He is the breath | of our | nostrils, 
The a j nointed | of the | Lord. 

Minister: 

The Lord stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundations 
of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. 

People: 

Thy mercy is great | unto • the | heavens, 
And Thy | truth un | to the | clouds. 

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THE HOLY SPIRIT. 153 

Minister: 

The spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and 
might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. 

People: 

O house of "| Jacob | come ye, 

And let us walk | in the | light • of the | Lord. 

Minister: 

Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, 
Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, 
that they may live. 

People: 

Do well I with Thy | servant, 

That I may ] live and | keep Thy | Word. 

Minister: 

And I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and 
your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your 
young men shall see visions. 

People: 

Be not afraid ye beasts | of the | field; 

For the pastures of the | wilder | ness do | spring, 

For the tree | beareth • her | fruit, 

The fig tree and the | vine do | yield their | strength. 

Minister: 

Whosoever calleth on the name of the Lord shall be delivered. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The I Al I migh | ty. Amen. 



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ANTIPHONS. 



The Minister shall say: 

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance; but He that 
cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to 
bear; He shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and with fire. 

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And blot out | all | mine in | iquities. 

Minister: 

If ye love me, keep my commandments; and I will pray the Father, 
and He shall send you another Comforter, that He may abide with you 
for ever. 

People: 

The Redeemer shall | come • unto | Zion, 

And unto them that turn | from trans | gression • in | Jacob. 

Minister: 

Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because 
it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him; but ye know Him; for He 
dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 

People: 

Lead me in Thy | truth and | teach me; 
For Thou art the j God of | my sal | vation. 

Minister: 

I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you. 

People: 

Good and upright | is the | Lord; 

Therefore will He teach | sinners | in the | way. 

Minister: 

When the Comforter is come, He will reprove the world of sin, and 
of justice, and of judgment. 



THE HOLY SPIRIT. 155 

People: 

He will lead the af | flicted • in | judgment; 
And will teach the af | flicted | His | way. 

Minister: 

I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them 
now. Howbeit, -when He the Spirit of Truth is come, He will lead you 
into all truth. 

People: 

All the ways of the Lord are | mercy • and | truth 

To such as keep His com | mandments | and His | testimonies. 

Minister: 

The wind bloweth where it willeth, and thou hearest the sound 
thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth; so is 
every one that is born of the Spirit. 

People: 

The secret of the Lord is with | them that | fear Him; 
And He will | shew | them His | covenant. 

Minister: 

And Jesus breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the 
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His minis | ters a | flaming | fire; 

He laid the foundations | of the | earth, 

And it shall | not • be re | moved • for | ever. 

Minister: 

I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my 
God while I have my being. My meditation of Him shall be sweet; I 
will be glad in the Lord. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The I Al I migh | ty. Amen. 



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3. 

The Minister shall say: 

Grace be unto you, and peace, from Him who is, and who was, and 
who is to come; and from the seven spirits which are before His throne. 

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O visit | me with | Thy sal | vation. 

Minister: 

And from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first begotten of 
the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. 

People: 

Hosanna; blessed is the | King of | Israel 
That cometh in the | name | of the | Lord. 

Minister: 

Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own 
blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and His Father; 
to Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 

People: 

The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength | out of | Zion; 
Rule thou in the | midst of | thine | enemies. 

Minister: 

And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and 
voices; and seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which 
are the seven spirits of God. 

People: 

But Thy right hand and Thine | arm did | save them, 
And the | light • of Thy j face O | Lord. 

Minister: 

And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne, and of the four 
beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been 
slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits 
of God sent forth into all the earth. 



THE HOLY SPIRIT. 



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People: 

For out of Zion shall go | forth the | law, 

And the Word of the | Lord | from Je | rusalem. 

Minister: 

These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the 
beginning of the creation of God. 

People: 

Sing unto the Lord, | bless His | name; 

Shew forth His sal | vation • from | day to | day. 

Minister: 

And I fell at His feet to worship Him. And He said unto me, See 
thou do it not. I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have 
the testimony of Jesus; worship God. 

People: 

And the haughtiness of man shall | be made | low; 
And the Lord alone shall be ex | alted | in that [ day. 

Minister: 

For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. 

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And the name of the | city | of my | God. 

He that hath an ear | let him | hear, 

What the Spirit | saith | unto • the | churches. 

Minister: 

Alleluia; salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, be unto 
the Lord our God. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and ] ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The I Al I migh | ty. Amen. 



XIII. 



THE SECOND COMING. 
1. 

The Minister shall say: 

. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? 
Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, The morning 
cometh and also the night. 

People: 




And He shall be as the light of the morning when the | sun a | riseth; 
A | morning | without | clouds. 



Minister: 

It shall be one day, which shall be known to the Lord, not day nor 
night; for about the time of evening, there shall be light. 

People: 

I will look | unto • the | Lord; 

I will wait for the | God of | my sal [ vation. 

Minister: 

I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of Man 
came with the clouds of heaven; and He came to the Ancient of Days, 
and they brought Him near before Him. 

People; 

Bow Thy heavens O Lord | and come | down; 
Touch the | mountains • and | they shall | smoke. 

Minister: 

And there was given unto Him dominion, and glory, and a king- 
dom, that all people, nations, and tongues, should serve Him. 

People: 

They shall speak of the glory | of Thy | kingdom; 
And | talk | of Thy | power. 

Minister: 

His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass 
away, and His kingdom which shall not be destroyed. 

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People: 

Come and see the | works of | God. 
He ruleth | by His | power • for | ever. 

Minister: 

Behold, I will- send mine angel, and he shall prepare the way before 
me; and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, 
even the angel of the covenant whom ye desire. 

People: 

He hath sent redemption | to His | people; 

His covenant hath | He com | manded • for | ever. 

Minister: 

Behold, He shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts. 

People: 

Cur | God shall | come, 

And | He shall | not be | silent. 

Minister: 

And who may sustain the day of His coming ? and who shall stand 
when He appeareth ? for He is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap. 

People: 

O that Thou wouldest | rend the | heavens, 
That | Thou | wouldest • come | down. 

Minister: 

For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor 
perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside Thee, 
what He hath prepared for him that waiteth for Him. 

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He hath attended to the | voice | of my | prayer. 

Blessed be God who hath not turn-ed a | way my | prayer, 

N6r His | mercy | from | me. 

Minister: 

God cometh from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. 
His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of His praise. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For | ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who j is to | come, 

The | Al | migh | ty. Amen. 



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2. 

The Minister shall say: 

When the Son of Man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth ? 



People: 




Thou shalt quicken | me a | gain, 

And bring me | up • from the | depths • of the | earth. 



Minister: 

The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air their nests; but the 
Son of Man hath not where to lay His head. 

People: 

I will show forth Thy | praise O | Lord; 
I will re | joice in | Thy sal | vation. 

M inister: 

And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the 
stars; and upon earth distress of nations in despair; the sea and the 
waves roaring. 

People: 

I will pray and | cry a | loud; 

And the | Lord shall | hear my | voice. 

Minister: 

Men expiring from fear, and from expectation of those things 
which are coming on the earth; for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 

People: 

Consider and hear me O j Lord my | God; 

Lighten mine eyes lest I | sleep the | sleep of | death. 

Minister: 

And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with 

power and great glory. 

People: 

Glory and honor | are be | fore Him; 

Strength and | beauty • are | in His | sanctuary. 



THE SECOND COMING. 



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Minister: 

For the Son of Man cometh to seek and to save that which is lost. 

People: 

give thanks unto the | Lord of | lords; 
For His | mercy | is for | ever. 

Minister: 

Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein 
the Son of Man cometh. 

People: 

1 will remember Thee up ] on my | bed, 

And meditate on Thee | in the | night | watches. 

Minister: 

For the Son of Man shall come in the glory of His Father with His 
angels; and then He shall reward every man according to his works. 

People: 

He hath shewed His people the power | of His | works, 
To give them the | heri • tage | of the | nations. 

Minister: 

And He shall send His angels with the great sound of a trumpet, 
and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one 
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The fir tree and the pine tree | and the | box to | gether, 

To beautify the place | of my | sanctuary; 

And I will make the | place • of my | feet | glorious. 

Minister: 

He that cometh from heaven is above all. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For | ever ■ and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The | Al | migh | ty. Amen. 



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3. 

The Minister shall say: 

Behold, He cometh with clouds; and every e}'e shall see Him, and 
they which pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth shall wail 
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And in | Thee ! do I | trust. 

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Behold, I come as a" thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and 
keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. 

People: 

Unto Thee O Lord do I lift | up my | soul. 
6 my | God I | trust in | Thee. 

Minister: 

These sajdngs are faithful and true; and the Lord God of the holy 
prophets hath sent His angel to shew unto His servants the things 
which must shortly be done. 

People: 

I will delight myself | in Thy | statutes; 
I will | not for [ get Thy | Word. 

Minister: 

Behold, I come quickly; blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of 
the prophecy of this book. 

People: 

Let the j just be | glad, 

Let ! them re | joice be • fore | God. 

Minister: 

And my reward is with me, to give every man according as his 
work shall be. 



People: 

O Lord re j vive • us a | gain, 

That Thy people | may re | joice in | Thee. 



THE SECOND COMING. 1 63 

Minister: 

I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and 
the Last. 

People: 

Praise | ye the | Lord. 

Praise ye the \ name | of the | Lord. 

Minister: 

I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in 
the churches. 

People: 

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord j all the | earth; 
Make a loud noise and re | joice | and sing | praise. 

Minister: 

I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning 

star. 

People: 

Sing unto the Lord | with the | harp; 
With the harp and the | voice | of a | psalm. 

Minister: 

And the Spirit and the Bride say, Come. And let him that heareth 
say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, 
let him take the water of life freely. 

People: 

Let the heavens rejoice, and let the j earth be | glad; 

Let the sea | roar • and the j fulness • there | of. 

Let the field be joyful, and all that ! is there | in; 

Then shall all the trees of the wood re | joice be | fore the | Lord. 

Minister: 

He that testifieth these things saith, Yea, I come quickly. Amen. 
Even so, come, Lord Jesus. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to I come, 

The I Al I migh | ty. Amen. 



XIV. 

THE NEW CHURCH. 
1. 

The Minister shall say; 



Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former 
shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. 

People: 




O sing unto the Lord a | new | song; 



Sing unto the | Lord | all the | earth. 

Minister: 

Be ye glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for, behold, 
I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. 

People: 

The Lord reigneth; let the | earth re | joice; 
Let the | many | isles be | glad. 

Minister: 

And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall 
plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 

People: 

In Jtidah shall | God be | known; 
His name | shall be | great in | Israel. 

Minister: 

They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into 
pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither 
shall they learn war any more. 

People: 

Sing unto the Lord a | new | song, 

His praise 1 from the | end • of the | earth. 

Minister: 

And they shall sit every man under his vine, and under his fig 
tree; and none shall make them afraid. 

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THE NEW CHURCH. 165 

People: 

Happy is the people | who are | such. 

Happy is the people whose | God | is the | Lord. 

Minister: 

And the wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad, and the 
desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. 

People: 

Let the inhabitant of the | rock | sing, 

Let them shout from the | top | of the | mountains. 

Minister: 

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the 
earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover 
the sea. 

People: 

The nations shall fear the | name • of the | Lord, 
And all the | kings • of the | earth Thy | glory. 

Minister: 

Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the 
house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we 
will walk in His paths. 

People: 




Behold we ] come • unto | Thee; 
For I Thou • art the | Lord our | God. 
Truly in the | Lord our | God 
Is the sal | vation | of [ Israel. 

Minister: 

For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, but we 
will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The I Al I migh | ty. Amen. 



ANTIPHONS. 



2. 

The Minister shall say: 

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the former heaven 
and the former earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 

People: 




Praise ye the | Lord of | hosts; 

For the Lord is good; for His | mercy | is for | ever. 

Minister: 

And I, John, saw the holy city New Jerusalem, coming down from 
God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 

People: 

God is King of j all the j earth; 
God | reigneth | over • the | nations. 

Minister: 

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the taber- 
nacle of God is with men. 

People: 

His salvation is nigh | them that j fear Him 
That glory may | dwell j in our | land. 

Minister: 

And He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and 
God Himself shall be with them, their God. 

People: 

Sing praise to the Lord who | dwelleth • in | Zion; 
Declare a | mong the | people • His | doings. 

Minister; 

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall 
be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any 
more pain; for the former things are passed away. 

People: 

Again shall be heard the voice of joy and the | voice of | gladness, 
The voice of the bridegroom | and the | voice • of the | bride. 



THE NEW CHURCH. 1 67 

Minister: 

And He that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. 

People: 

I will sing a new song unto | Thee O | God; 
I will sing \ praises | unto | Thee. 

Minister: 

And one of the seven angels spake with me, saying, Come, I will 
shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. 

People: 

And to her was granted that she should j be ar | rayed 
In fine [ linen | clean and | white. 

Minister: 

And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, 
and shewed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of 
heaven from God. 

People: 

As we have heard | so ■ have we | seen, 
In the city | of the | Lord of | hosts. 

Minister: 

And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the 
breadth. And the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. 

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And give | glory | unto | Him; 

For the marriage of the | Lamb is | come, 

And His | wife hath j made her • self | ready. 

Minister: 

Blessed are they that are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 
For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 
Who is and who was, and who | is to j come, 
The I Al I migh | ty. Amen. 



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ANTIPHONS. 



3. 

The Minister shall say: 



And I saw no temple therein; for the Lord God Almighty and the 
Lamb are the temple of it. 

People: 




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Sing | praise • to our | King, sing | praise. 



Minister: 

And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine 
in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light 
thereof. 

People: 

The Lord shall a | rise up • on | thee, 

And His glory ] shall be | seen up | on thee. 

Minister: 

And the nations of them that are saved shall walk in the light of it; 
and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it. 

People: 

The Gentiles shall come | to thy | light, 

And kings to the | brightness | of thy | rising. 

Minister: 

And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day; for there shall 
be no night there. 

People: 

This is the gate | of the | Lord, 
Into | which the | just shall | enter. 

Minister: 

And they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it. 

People: 

And the Gentiles shall | see Thy | justice, 

And | all kings j Thy | glory. 



THE NEW CHURCH. 169 

Minister: 

And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, or 
that worketh abomination, or a lie; but they that are written in the 
Lamb 's book of life. 

People: 

I will sing of I mercy • and | judgment; 
Unto I Thee O | Lord • will I | sing. 

Minister: 

And there shall be no more curse; and the throne of God and of the 
Lamb shall be in it; and His servants shall serve Him. 

People: 

Blessed | be the | Lord; 

For He hath shewed me His wonderful | mercy | in a • strong | city. 

Minister: 

And they shall see His face; and His name shall be in their fore- 
heads. 

People: 

Thou art more | glorious • and | excellent 
Than the | mountains | of | prey. 

Minister: 

And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither 
light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light; and they shall 



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And ye that fear Him, both | small and | great. 

A I men; Alle | lu | ia. 

Minister: 

Alleluia; for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto [ Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The I Al I migh | ty. Amen. 



XV. 



UNITY OF GOD. 
1. 

The Minister shall say: 

Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord; and thou shalt love 
the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with 
all thy might. 

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I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know 
no god but me; for there is no savior beside me. 

People: 

For Thou O Lord art high above | all the | earth, 
Thou art greatly ex j alted • a j bove all | gods. 

Minister: 

I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no god beside me. 

People: 

The Lord Hveth, and \ blessed • be my j Rock, 

And exalted be our God the | Rock of j our sal | vation. 

Minister: 

Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am 
God, and there is none else. 

People: 

Therefore will I give thanks unto | Thee O | Lord; 
And I will sing | praises | unto • Thy | name. 

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UNITY OF GOD. 



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Minister: 

I am the Lord; that is my name; and my glory will I not give to 
another, neither my praise to graven images. 

People: 

I will praise Thee O | Lord my | God; 

And I will glorify Thy | name for | ever | more. 

Minister: 

And the Lord shall be King over all the earth; in that day there 
shall be one Lord, and His name one. 

People: 

In Thy name shall they rejoice | all the | day; 
And in Thy justice | shall they | be ex | alted. 

Minister: 

And I will set up one Shepherd over them, and He shall feed them, 
even my servant David; He shall feed them, and He shall be their 
Shepherd. 

People: 

For the Lord | is our | shield; 

And the Holy One of | Israel | is our | King. 

Minister: 

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Who a I lone • doeth | wondrous | things. 
And blessed be His glorious | name for | ever; 
And let all the earth be | fill • ed | with His | glory. 

Minister: 

Therefore thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; Him only shalt thou 
serve, and unto Him shalt thou cleave, and thou shalt swear by His 
name; for He is thy praise, and He is thy God. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

F6r I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The I Al ! miorh I tv. Amen. 



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ANTIPHONS. 



2. 

The Minister shall say: 

The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel, the Lord our 
God is one Lord; and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy 
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy 
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Hath not one | God ere | ated | us ? 

Minister: 

There is one God, and there is none other but He. 



People: 

I will love Thee O | Lord my | strength. 
The Lord is my | rock | and my | fortress. 

Minister: 

There is none good but the one God; but if thou wilt enter into life 
keep the commandments. 

People: 

Be not Thou far from | me O | Lord; 

O my Strength, | haste | Thou to | help me. 

Minister: 

Be ye not called Rabbi; for one is your Master, even Christ; and 
all ye are brethren. 

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People: 

Who is God | save the | Lord ? 
Who is a | rock | save our | God ? 



UNITY OF GOD. 1 73 

Minister: 

And call no man your Father upon earth; for one is your Father 
which is in heaven. 

People: 

Thou art my | Father, my | God, 
And the | rock of | my sal | vation. 

Minister: 

He that sent me is with me; the Father hath not left me alone. 

People: 

Sing unto God ye kingdoms | of the | earth; 
Sing | praises | unto • the | Lord. 

Minister: 

I and the Father are one. 

People: 

Thy way O God is | in the | sanctuary; 

Who is a great | God as | our | God ? 

Thou art a God that [ doest | wonders; 

Thou hast declar-ed Thy | strength a | mong the [ people. 

Minister: 

That they all may be one; as Thou, Father, art in me, and I in 
Thee, that they also may be one in us. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For | ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The | Al | migh | ty. Amen. 



174 ANTIPHONS. 

3. 

The Miyiister shall say: 

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them into the 
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. 

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People: 

Shew me Thy | ways O | Lord; 
And | teach | me Thy | paths. 

Minister: 

For I am not alone; but I and the Father that sent me. 

People: 

The King shall re | joice in | God; 

And every one that | sweareth • by | Him shall | glory. 

Minister: 

He that seeth me seeth Him that sent me. 

People: 

The just shall be glad | in the | Lord; 

And all the j upright • in | heart shall | glory. 

Minister: 

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O Lord j God of | hosts, 

Who is a strong | Lord | like • unto | Thee ? 

Minister: 

In Jesus Christ dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. 

People: 

He made the heavens | and the | earth, 
The sea and | all that | is there | in. 

Minister: 

He is the true God and eternal life. 



People: 




Sing unto God, sing [ praise ■ to His | name; 
Exalt Him that | rideth • up | on the | clouds, 
And re | joice be | fore Him, 
For ] God is j our sal | vation. 

Minister: 

To the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion 
and power, both now and for ever. Amen. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For | ever • and j ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The | Al | migh | ty. Amen. 



XVI. 
CREATION. 
1. 

The Minister shall say: 

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 



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The world and the fulness thereof | Thou hast | founded | them. 

Minister: 

And the earth was void and empty; and darkness was upon the 
face of the deep. 

People: 

I saw the earth and 16 it was | void and | empty; 
And the heavens, | and they j had no | light. 

Minister: 

And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 

People: 

The voice of the Lord is up | on the | waters; 
The Lord is up j on | many | waters. 

Minister: 

And God said, Let there be light; and there was light. 

People: 

Who coverest Himself with light | as a | garment; 
Who stretchest out the | heavens | like a [ curtain. 

Minister: 

Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it divide 
the waters from the waters. 

People: 

Who layeth the beams of His chambers | in the | waters, 
Who | maketh • the | clouds His | chariot. 

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CREATION. 177 

Minister: 

Let the waters under heaven be gathered unto one place, and let the 
dry land appear. 

People: 

Thou hast set a bound that they may | not pass | over; 
That they return | not to | cover • the | earth. 

Minister: 

Let there be luminaries in the expanse of the heavens to give light 
upon the earth. 

People: 

He appointed the | moon for ( seasons; 
The sun | knoweth • his | going J down. 

Minister: 

And God created man in His own image, in the image of God 
created He him; male and female created He them, 

People: 

Praise Him ye kings of the earth [ and all | people; 
Ye princes and all | judges | of the | earth. 

Minister: 

And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was 
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For His I name a | lone is | excellent; 
His glory is above the | earth and | heaven. 
Praise the | Lord. Praise [ ye the | Lord. 

Minister: 

O Lord, how manifold are Thy works; in wisdom hast Thou made 
them all; the earth is full of Thy riches. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The I Al I migh | ty. Amen. 



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2. 

The Minister shall say: 

And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of 
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The glory of the Lord shall | be for | ever; 
The Lord shall fe | joice | in His | works. 

Minister: 

And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; 
and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. 

People: 

Marvellous | are Thy | works; 

And that my | soul | knoweth | well. 

Minister: 

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; because in it 
He rested from all His work which God created and made. 

People: 

Return to thy rest | O my | soul; 

For the Lord hath j dealt | well with | thee. 

Minister: 

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and 
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living 
soul. 

People: 

Thou sendest forth Thy spirit, they | are ere | ated; 
And Thou renewest the | face | of the | earth. 

Minister: 

In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made 
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CREATION. 



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People: 

He that walketh in a | perfect | way, 
He j shall | serve the | Lord. 

Minister: 

Male and ferhale created He them; and blessed them, and called 
their name Man, in the day when they were created. 

People: 

Let them praise the name | of the | Lord; 

For He commanded | and they | were ere | ated. 

Minister: 

Iii six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that 
is in them, and rested the seventh day. 

People: 

And He hath establish-ed | them for | ever; 

He hath made a de | cree which | shall not | pass. 

Minister: 



Wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 

People: 




Lord Thou wilt ordain | peace for | us; 

For Thou hast [ wrought our | works in [ us. 

O Lord our God, other lords have rul-ed | over | us; 

But in Thee only shall we make | mention | of Thy j name. 

Minister: 

The Lord, He is God; He hath made us, and not we ourselves; and 
we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The I Al j migh | ty. Amen. 



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3. 

"he Minister shall say: 

I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me. 

People: 




Surely | God is | in Thee; 
And there | is no | other | God. 



Minister: 

I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create 
evil; I the Lord do all these things. 

People: 

Verily Thou art a God that | hidest ■ Thy | self, 
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Minister: 

I have made the earth, and created man upon it; I have stretched 
out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded. 

People: 

The works of the | Lord are | great, 

Sought out of all them | that have | pleasure • there | in. 

Minister: 

For thus saith the Lord, that created the heavens; God Himself 
that formed the earth and made it. 

People: 

He stretcheth forth the | heavens • a | lone; 
He spreadeth abroad the | earth | by Him | self. 

Minister: 

He hath established it, He created it not in vain, He formed it to 
be inhabited; I am the Lord, and there is none else. 

People: 

They stand fast for | ever • and | ever; 
They are made in | truth | and up | Tightness. 



CREATION. 



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Minister: 

He made the earth by His power, He established the world by His 
wisdom, and He stretched out the heaven by His understanding. 

People: 

To Him who alone | doeth • great | wonders; 
For His | mercy | is for | ever. 

Minister: 

When He uttereth His voice, there is a multitude of waters in the 
heavens; and He causeth vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; 
He maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of 
His treasuries. 

People: 

For He is the former of | all | things; 
The Lord of | Hosts | is His | name. 

Minister: 

Behold, He that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, 
and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning 
darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, the Lord God 
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And His praise in the congregation | of the | saints. 

Let Israel rejoice | in his | Maker; 

Let the children of Zion be | joyful | in their | King. 

Minister: 

But now, O Lord, Thou art our Father; we are the clay, and Thou 
our potter; and we are all the work of Thy hand. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For | ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to j come, 

The | Al | migh | ty. Amen. 



XVII. 



DIVINE PROVIDENCE. 

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The Minister shall say: 

The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him, 
and delivereth them. 

People: 

The eyes of the Lord are up | on the | just, 
And His ears are | open | to their | cry. 

Minister: 

For He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all 
thy ways. 

People: 

Our soul | waiteth • for the | Lord; 
He is our | help | and our | shield. 

Minister: 

They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot 
against a stone. 

People: 

For our heart shall re | joice in | Him, 
Because we have trusted | in His | holy | name. 

Minister: 

For man doth not live by bread alone, but by every word that pro- 
ceedeth out of the mouth of God. 

People: 

He giveth food to | them that | fear Him; 

His covenant will | He re | member • for | ever. 

Minister: 

The Lord looketh from heaven; He beholdeth all the sons of men. 

People: 

Look Thou upon | me O | Lord, 
And be | merci • ful | unto | me. 

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DIVINE PROVIDENCE. 1 83 

Minister: 

From the place of His habitation He looketh upon all the inhab- 
itants of the earth. 

People: 

Let Thy mercy O Lord | be up | on us, 
According | as we | hope in | Thee. 

Minister: 

Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear Him, upon them 
that hope in His mercy. 

People: 

To deliver their | soul from | death, 
And to keep | them a | live in | famine. 

Minister: 

He that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about. 

People: 

Keep me as the apple | of the | eye, 

Hide me under the | shadow | of Thy | wings. 



Minister: 

No good will He withhold from them that walk uprightly. 

People: 




O give thanks unto the Lord; for | He is | good; 
For His I mercy | is for | ever; 
Who giveth food | to all | flesh; 
For His I mercy | is for | ever. 

Minister: 

O taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man that 
trusteth in Him. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to J come, 

The I Al I migh | ty. Amen. 



ANTIPHONS. 



2. 

The Minister shall say: 

Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall 
drink; nor for your body what ye shall put on. 



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The eyes of all | wait up • on | Thee; 

And Thou givest them their | food | in its | season. 

Minister: 

Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not, neither do they reap, 
nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. 

People: 

Thou | openest • Thine | hand, 

And satisfiest the desire of | every | living | thing. 

Minister: 

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his 
stature ? 

People: 

A man | can re • ceive | nothing, 
Except it be | given | him from | heaven. 

M inister: 

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, 
neither do they spin; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his 
glory was not arrayed like one of these. 

People: 

O Lord, how | great are • Thy | works; 
Thy | thoughts are | very | deep. 

Minister: 

Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, 
and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall He not much more clothe 
you, O ye of little faith ? 



DIVINE PROVIDENCE. 185 

People: 

Great are Thy tender | mercies • O | Lord; 
Quicken me ac | cording | to Thy [ judgments. 

Minister: 

For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these 
things. 

People: 

He giveth to the | beast his | food, 
To the I young | ravens • which ] cry. 

Minister: 

Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His justice; and all these 
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And His tender mercies are | over | all His | works. 
All Thy works shall | praise Thee • O | Lord; 
And I Thy | saints shall | bless Thee. 

Minister: 

They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion, which cannot 
be removed, but abideth for ever. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto [Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who j is to | come, 

The I Al j migh | ty. Amen. 



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ANTIPHONS. 



3. 

The Minister shall say: 

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and 
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal; but lay 
up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth 
corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal; for where 
your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 



People: 




So teach us to | number • our | days, 

That we may ap | ply our | hearts • unto | wisdom. 

Minister: 

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the 
soul; but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body 
in hell. 

People: 

What time I | am a | fraid, 

I will | put my | trust in | Thee. 

Minister: 

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and not one of them 
shall fall to the ground without } T our Father. 

People: 

Wait thou my soul | still up • on | God; 
For my | hope | is from | Him. 

Minister: 

Yea, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 

People: 

Great is our Lord and of | great | power; 
And His | under | standing • is | infinite. 



DIVINE PROVIDENCE. 1 87 

Min ister: 

Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. 



People: 

Ye that fear- the Lord | trust • in the | Lord; 
He is their | help j and their | shield. 

Minister: 

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; and whosoever will 
lose his life for my sake shall find it. 

People: 

He shall trust in the name | of the | Lord, 
And I stay up | on his | God. 

Minister: 

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and 
lose his own soul ? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? 



People: 




O fear the Lord | ye His | saints; 

For there is no | want to | them that | fear Him. 

The young lions do lack and | suffer | hunger; 

But they that seek the | Lord • shall not | want • any | good. 



Minister: 

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; a good under- 
standing have all they that do His commandments; His praise endureth 
for ever. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The I Al I migh | ty. Amen. 



XVIII. 



THANKSGIVING. 
1. 

BUSSING. 

The Minister shall say: 

Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 

People: 




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For | wisdom • and | might are | His. 

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That Thy | Word hath | qnicken • ed | me. 

Minister: 

Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth. 

People: 

The afflicted shall have joy | in the | Lord, 

And the poor shall rejoice in the | Holy | One of | Israel. 

Minister: 

Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst after righteousness; for 
they shall be filled. 

People: 

I have longed for Thy sal | vation, O | Lord; 
And Thy | law is | my de | light. 

Minister: 

Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy. 

People: 

As the heaven is high a | bove the j earth, 

So great is His mercy | toward | them that | fear Him. 

Minister: 

Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God. 

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THANKSGIVING. 1 89 

People: 

Wash me thoroughly from | mine in | iquity, 
And I cleanse me | from my | sin. 

Minister: 

Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the children 
of God. 

People: 

For the sake of my brethren | and com | panions, 
I will say, | Peace be | unto | thee. 

Minister: 

Blessed are they that are persecuted for the sake of righteousness; 
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 

People: 

How are mine enemies multi | plied • O | Lord; 
Many are | they that • rise | up a | gainst me. 

Minister: 

Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and 
say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 

People: 

I called upon the Lord in | my dis | tress; 
The Lord answer-ed j me • in a | large | place. 

Minister: 



Rejoice, and be exceeding glad; for great is your reward in heaven; 
for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. 

People: 




O visit me with | Thy sal | vation; 
That I may see the | good | of Thy | chosen; 
That I may rejoice in the joy of | Thy | nation; 
That I may | glory • in | Thine in | heritance. 

Minister: 



Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to ever- 
lasting. Amen and Amen. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The I Al I migh | ty. Amen. 



ANTIPHONS. 



2. 

Thanksgiving. 

The Minister shall say: 

Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay thy vows to the Most High. 



People: 




Open to me the | gates of | justice; 

I will go into | them and | praise the | Lord. 

Minister: 

Ivet us come before His face with thanksgiving, and make a joyful 
noise unto Him with songs. 

People: 

I will praise Thee, for | Thou hast | heard me, 
And art be | come | my sal | vation. 

Minister: 

For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. 

People: 

I will praise the name of God | with a | song, 
And will magnify | Him | with thanks | giving. 

Minister: 

In His hand are the deep places of the earth, and the strength of 
the mountains is His. 

People: 

The world also | shall • be es | tablished, 
And it | shall | not be | moved. 

Minister: 

The sea is His, and He made it; and His hands formed the dry land. 

People: 

The heavens de | clare His | justice, 
And all the | people | see His | glory. 



THANKSGIVING. 191 

Minister: 

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with 
praise; give thanks unto Him and bless His name. 

People: 

Thy vows are upon | me O | God; 
I will render | praises j unto | Thee. 

Minister: 

Remember His marvellous works that He hath done; His wonders, 
and the judgments of His mouth. 

People: 

I will praise Thee O Lord a | mong the | people; 

And I will sing praise unto | Thee a | mong the | nations. 

Minister: 

He is the Lord our God; His judgments are in all the earth. 

People: 

Sing unto the Lord with | thanks | giving; 
Sing praise upon the | harp | unto • our | God. 

Minister: 

He hath remembered His covenant for ever, the Word which He 
commanded to a thousand generations. 

People: 

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All the kings of the earth shall praise | Thee O | Lord, 
When they hear the | words | of Thy | mouth; 
Yea they shall sing in the ways | of the | Lord; 
For great is the | glory j of the j Lord. 

Minister: 

Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, who dwelleth in Jerusalem. 
Praise ye the Lord. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The I Al I migh I ty. Amen. 



192 ANTIPHONS. 

3. 

Praise. 

The Minister shall say: 

From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, the 



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Yea I will praise | Him a | mong the | multitude. 

Minister: 

The Lord is high above all nations, and His glory above the heavens. 

People: 

Who is like unto the | Lord our | God, 
Who I dwelleth | on | high? 

Minister: 

Sing unto the Lord, praise ye the Lord; for He hath delivered the 
soul of the poor out of the hand of the wicked. 

People: 

Every day | will I | bless Thee; 

And I will praise Thy | name for | ever • and | ever. 

Minister: 

The Lord liveth; and the nations shall bless themselves in Him, 
and in Him shall they glory. 

People: 

Great is the Lord and | greatly • to be | praised; 
And His | greatness | is un | searchable. 

Minister: 

Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion; for He hath 
strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within 
thee. 

People: 

Let them praise His name | in the | dance; 

Let them sing praise unto Him | with the | timbrel • and I harp. 



THANKSGIVING. 193 

Minister: 

He niaketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of 
the wheat. 

People: 

The earth shall | yield her | increase; 

And God even | our own | God shall | bless ns. 

Minister: 

And ye shall eat in plenty and be filled, and praise the name of the 
Lord your God, who hath done wonderful things with you. 

People: 

God | shall | bless us; 

And all the | ends • of the | earth shall | fear Him. 

Minister: 

And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am 
the Lord your God. 

People: 

Praise the Lord | O my ( soul, 

While I [ live • will I | praise the | Lord. 

Minister: 

And thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and glory in the Holy One of 
Israel. 

People: 

His work is | honorable • and | glorious; 
And His | justice • en | dureth • for | ever. 
He hath made His wonders to ] be re | membered. 
The Lord is | gracious • and | full of | mercy. 

Minister: 

Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for ever- 
more. 

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People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For | ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The | Al | migh | ty. Amen. 



XIX. 



LOVK, CHARITY AND WORKS. 



1. 

The Minister shall say: 

And now, O Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, 
but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, 
and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul. 



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Let all those that trust in | Thee be | glad; 

And let them that love Thy | name re | joice in j Thee. 

Minister: 

For He is the true God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with 
them that love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand gener- 
ations. 

People: 

O love the Lord all | ye His | saints; 

For the | Lord pre | serveth • the | faithful. 

Minister: 

And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart 
of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all 
thy soul, that thou may est live. 

, heart O | God; 
And renew a | firm | spirit • with | in me. 

Minister: 

Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, thou shalt obey His 
voice, and thou shalt cleave unto Him; for He is thy life, and the 
length of thy days. 

People: 

God will save Zion and build the | cities • of | Judah; 
And they that love His | name shall | dwell there | in. 

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People: 

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LOVE, CHARITY AND WORKS. 



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Minister: 

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that 
loveth me. 

People: 

I shall keep the ways | of the | Lord, 

And shall not do | wicked • ly a | gainst my | God. 

Minister: 

If a man love me, he will keep my word; and my Father will love 
him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. 

People: 

I shall not for | get Thy | precepts; 

For with them | Thou hast | quicken • ed | me. 

Minister: 

As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you; continue ye in 
my love. 

People: 

My soul | thirsteth • for | Thee; 

To see Thy | power j and Thy j glory. 

Minister: 

If ye keep my commandments ye shall abide in my love; even as I 
have kept my Father's commandments and abide in His love. 

People: 




I | love the | Lord, 

Because He hath heard my voice | and my | suppli | cations; 
Because He hath inclm-ed His | ear • unto | me, 
I will call upon Him as | long \ as I | live. 

Minister: 

There is one God; and there is none other but He; and to love Him 
with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the 
soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is 
more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For | ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to j come, 

The | Al | migh | ty. Amen. 



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AXTIPHONS. 



2. 

The Minister shall say: 

Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets; I am 
not come to destro}-, but to fulfill. 



People: 




I am a companion of all | them that | fear Thee, 
And of them that | keep | Thy com | mandments. 

Minister: 



Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest 
that thy brother hath aught against thee; leave there thy gift before the 
altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come 
and offer thy gift. 

People: 

Just art I Thou O | Lord, 

And I upright | are Thy | judgments. 

Minister: 

When ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any; 
that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your 
trespasses. 

People: 

Blessed is he whose transgression | is for | given, 
Whose I sin | is | covered. 

Minister: 

Then came Peter to Him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother 
sin against me, and I forgive him ? till seven times ? Jesus saith unto 
him, I say not unto thee, until seven times; but, until seventy times 
seven. 

People: 

I will declare | mine in | iquity; 
I will be I sorry | for my | sin. 

Minister: 

Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them 
that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and per- 
secute you. 

People: 

To the Lord our God is mercy | and for | giveness, 
Though we have | not o | beyed • His | voice. 



LOVE, CHARITY AND WORKS. I97 

Minister: 

That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven ; for 
He maketh His sun to shine on the evil and on the good, and sendeth 
rain on the just and on the unjust. 

People: 

Let Thy mercies come also unto | me O | Lord; 
Thy salvation ac | cording | to Thy | Word. 

Minister: 

For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye ? do not 
even the publicans the same ? And if ye salute your brethren only, 
what do ye more than others ? do not even the publicans so ? 

People: 

The Lord is gracious and | full • of com | passion; 
Slow to I anger • and of | great | mercy. 

Minister: 

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for 
nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the 
children of the Highest; for He is kind to the unthankful and the evil. 

People: 

The earth O Lord is | full of • Thy | mercy; 
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Minister: 

Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. 

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Thy mercy is | better • than | life; 

My I lips shall | praise | Thee; 

So will I bless Thee | while I | live; 

I will lift up my | hands | in Thy | name. 

Minister: 

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life 
for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to j come, 

The j Al I migh | ty. Amen. 



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ANTIPHONS. 



3. 

The Minister shall say: 

The Son of Man shall come in the glory of His Father with His 
angels; and then He shall reward every man according to his works. 

People: 




The jnst shall give thanks | unto • Thy j name; 
The upright shall | dwell | in Thy | presence. 

Minister: 

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the 
kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father in heaven. 

People: 

Remove from me the | way of | lying; 
And graciously | grant | me Thy | law. 

Minister: 

If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. 

People: 

Blessed are the perfect | in the j way, 
Who walk in the | law | of the | Lord. 

Minister: 

If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. 

People: 

Blessed is the man that | feareth • the | Lord, 

That delighteth | greatly • in | His com j mandments. 

Minister: 

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of 
itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide 
in me. 

People: 

Lord Thou hast | been our | dwelling place 
In | all | gener | ations. 



LOVE, CHARITY AND WORKS. 199 

Minister: 

I am the vine, ye are the branches; he that abideth in me, and I in 
him, the same bringeth forth much fruit; for without me ye can do 
nothing. 

People: 

God hath spoken once; | twice • have I j heard this; 
That power be | longeth | unto | God. 

Minister: 

Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye 
be my disciples. 

People: 

Yea the Lord shall give | that • which is | good; 
And our | land shall | yield her | increase. 

Minister: 

Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will 
liken him unto a wise man, that built his house upon a rock. 

People: 

Give me understanding and I shall | keep Thy | law; 
Yea I shall observe it | with my | whole [ heart. 

Minister: 

Upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall 
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I will praise | Thee a | mong much | people; 
And my tongue shall speak [ of Thy | justice, 
And of Thy praise | all the | day | long. 

Minister: 

Among the gods there is none like unto Thee, O Lord; neither are 
there any works like unto Thy works. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The I Al j migh | ty. Amen. 



XX. 



ETERNAL LIFE. 
1. 

The Minister shall say: 

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and 
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living 
soul. 

People: 




1 shall not | die but | live, 

And declare the | works | of the | Lord. 

Minister: 

Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to 
come up out of your graves; and I will put my spirit in you, and ye 
shall live. 

People: 

Thou hast deliver-ed my | soul from | death; 

That I may walk before Thee in the | light | of the | living. 

Minister: 

I will ransom them from the power of the grave, I will redeem them 
from death; O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy 
destruction. 

People: 

The Lord pre | serveth • the | faithful, 

And plentifully re [ wardeth • the | proud | doer. 

Minister: 

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, 
some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 

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ETERNAL LIKE. 201 

People: 

How great | is Thy | goodness, 

Which Thou hast laid | up for | them that | fear Thee. 

Minister: 

And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firma- 
ment; and they that turn many to justice, as the stars for ever and ever. 

People: 

The upright shall see | and re | joice, 

And all inlqui | ty shall | stop her | mouth. 

Minister: 

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I 
will fear no evil, for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they 
comfort me. 

People: 

Thou anointest my | head with | oil; 
My | cup | runneth | over. 

Minister: 

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; 
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. 

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Who can shew | forth | all His | praise ? 
Blessed are they that | keep | judgment, 
And he that doeth | justice • at | all [ times. 

Minister: 

The Lord hath prepared His throne in the heavens; and His king- 
dom ruleth over all. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For | ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The | Al | migh | ty. Amen. 



202 



ANTIPHONS. 



2. 

The Minister shall say: 

Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when 
he called the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the 
God of Jacob; for He is not a God of the dead, but of the living; for 
all live unto Him. 



People: 




On the third day He will | raise us | up, 
And we shall j live | in His | sight. 



Minister: 

I am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth in me, though 
he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth, and believeth in 
me, shall never die. 

People: 

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Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and 
believeth on Him that sent me, hath eternal life. 

People: 

Thou art my | refuge • O | Lord, 

My portion in the | land | of the | living. 

Minister: 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, 
when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that 
hear shall live. 

People: 

I will [ call up • on | God; 
And the j Lord \ shall j save me. 

Minister: 

Marvel not at this; for the hour is coming, in which all that are in 
the graves shall hear His voice, and shall come forth; they that have 
done good, to the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, to 
the resurrection of damnation. 



ETERXAI. IJEE. 



203 



People: 



O continue Thy mercy to | them that | know Thee; 
And Thy justice | to the | upright • in | heart. 

Minister: 

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, 
that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting 
life. 

People: 

The Lord forsaketh | not His | saints; 
They | are pre | served • for | ever. 

Minister: 

This is the bread which came down from heaven; not as your 
fathers did eat manna, and are dead; he that eateth of this bread shall 
live for ever. 

People: 

He shall feed His flock | like a | shepherd; 
He shall gather the | lambs | with His | arm. 

Minister: 

Because I live, ye shall live also. 

People: 




The Lord | is my | portion; 

Therefore | will I | hope in | Him. 

The Lord is good unto them that | wait for | Him, 

To the I soul that | seeketh | Him. 

Minister: 

They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall 
mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and 
they shall walk, and not faint. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | menf 

Who is and who was, and who | is to | come, 

The I Al I migh | ty. Amen. 



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ANTIPHONS. 



3. 

The Minister shall say: 

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Be thou faithful 
unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. 

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Arise O Lord; O God lift | up Thy | hand; 
And for | get not | the af | flicted. 

Minister: 

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth; yea, 
saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works 
do follow with them. 

People: 

They shall obtain | joy and | gladness, 

And sorrow and | sighing • shall | flee a [ way. 

Minister: 

These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have 
washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 

People: 

Before I was afflicted I | went a | stray; 
But now | do I | keep Thy | Word. 

Minister: 

Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve Him day 
and night in His temple. 

People: 

I have trusted | in Thy | mercy; 

And my heart shall re | joice in | Thy sal | vation. 



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For the Lamb, which is in the midst of the throne, shall feed them, 
and shall lead them nnto living fountains of water. 



People: 

Thou art the God of 
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my sal | vation; 
all the I day. 



Minister: 

Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection; on 
such the second death hath no power. 

People: 

Blessed are they that | keep His | testimonies, 
That seek Him j with the | whole | heart. 

Minister: 

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall 
be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any 
more pain; for the former things are passed away. 

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Neither shall the | heat nor | sun | smite them; 
For He that hath mercy on | them shall J lead them, 
Even by the springs of | water j shall He | lead them. 

Minister: 

Fear not; I am the First and the Last; I am He that liveth and was 
dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore. Amen. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who | is to [ come, 

The I Al I migh | ty. Amen. 



Gbe Jpsalter, 



He who lives well is regenerated by the Word of the Lord, but he who 
lives ill perishes in the day of judgment. 

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, 
Nor standeth in the way of sinners, 
Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 

But his delight is in the law of the Lord; 

And in His law doth he meditate day and night. 

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, 
That bringeth forth his fruit in his season; 

His leaf also shall not wither; 

And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 

The wicked are not so; 

But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, 
Nor sinners in the congregation of the just. 

For the Lord knoweth the way of the just; 
But the way of the wicked shall perish. 

Psalm t. 

2. 

Temptations of the Lord, and the subjugation of the hells. 

O Lord, how are multiplied mine enemies; 
Many are they that rise up against me. 

Many are they which say of my soul, 
There is no help for him in God. 

But Thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; 
My glory, and the lifter up of my head 

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I cried unto the Lord with my voice, 

And He heard me out of the mountain of His holiness. 

I laid me down and slept, and I awaked; 
For the Lord sustained me. 

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, 
That have set themselves against me round about. 

Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God; 

For Thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the jaw; 
Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked. 

Salvation belongeth unto the Lord; 
Thy blessing is upon Thy people. 

Psalm j. 

3. 

Prayer of the Lord for help against the evil, falsifiers and hypocrites. 

Give ear to my words, O Lord, 
Consider my meditation. 

Hearken to the voice of my cry, my King and my God; 
For unto Thee will I pray. 

O Lord, my voice shalt Thou hear in the morning; 
In the morning will I address Thee, and look up. 

For Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; 
Neither shall evil dwell with Thee. 

The foolish shall not stand in Thy sight; 
Thou hatest all workers of iniquity. 

Thou shalt destroy them that speak a lie; 

The Lord will abhor the man of blood and deceit. 

But I will come into Thy house in the multitude of Thy mercy; 
In Thy fear will I worship toward Thy holy temple. 

Lead me, O Lord, in Thy justice because of mine enemies; 
Make Thy way straight before my face. 

For there is no truth in their mouth; 
Their inward part is very wickedness; 

Their throat is an open sepulchre; 
They natter with their tongue. 



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Destroy them, God; 

Let them fall by their own counsels. 

Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; 
For they have rebelled against Thee 

But let all those who put their trust in Thee rejoice; 

Let them ever shout for joy, for Thou dost defend them; 
Let them also that love Thy name be joyful in Thee. 

For Thou, O Lord, wilt bless the just; 

With favor Thou wilt compass him as with a shield. 

Psalm 5. 

4. 

Temptations of the Lord even to despair, and victory. 

Lord, rebuke me not in Thine anger, 
Neither chasten me in Thy wrath. 

Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak; 
O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed. 

My soul is also sore vexed; 
But Thou, O Lord, how long ? 

Return, O Lord, deliver my soul; 
Save me for Thy mercies' sake. 

For in death there is no remembrance of Thee; 
In hell who shall give Thee thanks ? 

1 am weary with my groaning; 

All the night make I my bed to swim; 
I water my couch with my tears. 

Mine eye is consumed because of grief; 
It waxeth old because of all mine enemies. 

Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; 

For the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. 

The Lord hath heard my supplication; 
The Lord will receive my prayer. 

Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed; 
Let them turn back and be ashamed suddenly. 

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5. 

Humiliation of the Lord, and His Glorification. 

O Lord our Lord, how excellent is Thy name in all the earth; 
Who hast set Thy glory above the heavens. 

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings Thou hast perfected praise, 
Because of Thine enemies, 

That Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 

When I look at Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, 
The moon and the stars, which Thou hast ordained; 

What is man, that Thou art mindful of him ? 
And the son of man, that Thou visitest him? 

For Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, 
And hast crowned him with glory and honor. 

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; 
Thou hast put all things under his feet; 

All sheep and oxen; 

And also the beast of the field; 

The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, 
That passeth through the paths of the seas. 

O Lord our Lord, how excellent is Thy name in all the earth. 

Psalm 8. 

6. 

The Church is with him who is in the good of charity from the Lord. 

O Lord, who shall abide in Thy tabernacle ? 

Who shall dwell in the mountain of Thy holiness ? 

He that walketh uprightly, and doeth justice, 
And speaketh the truth in his heart. 

He that slandereth not with his tongue, 
Nor doeth evil to his companion, 

Nor putteth shame upon his neighbor. 

In whose eyes a vile person is despised; 
But he honoreth them that fear the Lord. 



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He that sweareth to afflict himself, 
And changeth not. 

He that giveth not his money to usury, 
Nor taketh a gift against the innocent. 

He that doeth these things shall never be moved. 

Psalm is. 

7. 

The Divine Truth proceeding from the Lord. 

The heavens declare the glory of God; 

And the firmament showeth the work of His hands. 

Day unto day uttereth speech, 

And night unto night showeth knowledge. 

There is no speech nor language, 
Where their voice is not heard. 

Their line is gone out through all the earth, 
And their words to the end of the world. 

In them hath He set a tabernacle for the sun, 

Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, 
And rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. 

His going forth is from the end of the heavens, 
And his circuit to the ends of them; 

And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. 

The law of the Lord is perfect, 
Restoring the soul. 

The testimony of the Lord is sure, 
Making wise the simple. 

The commandments of the Lord are right, 
Rejoicing the heart. 

The precept of the Lord is pure, 
Enlightening the eyes. 

The fear of the Lord is clean, 
Enduring forever. 

The judgments of the Lord are true, 
They are just altogether. 



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More to be desired are they than gold, 
Yea, than much fine gold; 

Sweeter also than honey, and the dropping of the honeycomb. 

Moreover by them is Thy servant warned; 
In keeping them is great reward. 

Who can understand his errors ? 
Cleanse Thou me from secret sins. 

Keep Thy servant back from proud things, 
Let them not have dominion over me. 

Then shall I be blameless, 

And innocent of great transgression. 

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, 
Be acceptable in Thy sight, 

O Lord, my strength, and my Redeemer. 

Psalm 19. 



8. 

The Lord will sustain the Church and save those who believe in Him. 

The Lord hear thee in the day of distress; 
The name of the God of Jacob defend thee; 

Send thee help from the sanctuary, 
And strengthen thee out of Zion; 

Remember all thy offerings, 
And accept thy sacrifice; 

Grant thee according to thine own heart, 
And fulfill all thy counsel. 

We will rejoice in thy salvation, 

And in the name of our God we will lift up our banners; 
The Lord fulfill all thy petitions. 

Now know I that the Lord saveth His anointed; 
He will hear him from His holy heaven 

With the saving strength of His right hand. 

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; 

But we will glory in the name of the Lord our God. 



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They are brought down and fallen, 
But we are risen, and stand upright. 

Save, O Lord; 

Let the King hear us when we call. 

Psalm 20. 

9. 

The Lord teaches and leads. 



The Lord is my Shepherd- 
I shall not want. 

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; 
He leadeth me beside the still waters. 

He restoreth my soul; 

He leadeth me in the paths of justice for His name's sake. 

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, 
I will fear no evil. 

For Thou art with me; 

Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me. 

Thou settest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; 
Thou anointest my head with oil; 
My cup runneth over. 

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; 
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. 

Psalm 23. 



10. 

The Church is from the Lord by the Word, and will be with those who 
repent and receive Him in His Glorified Human. 

The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; 
The world, and they that dwell therein. 

For He hath founded it upon the seas, 
And established it upon the rivers. 

Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord ? 
And who shall stand in His holy place ? 



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He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; 

Who hath not lifted up his soul to vanity, nor sworn to deceit. 

He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, 
And justice from the God of his salvation. 

This is the generation of them that seek Him, 
That seek Thy face, O Jacob. 

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; 

And be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; 
And the King of glory shall come in. 

Who is this King of glory ? 

The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. 

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; 

Yea, lift them up, ye everlasting doors; 
And the King of glory shall come in. 

Who is this King of glory ? 

The Lord of Hosts, He is the King of glory. 

Psalm 24. 

11. 

The power of Divine Truth proceeding from the Lord. 

Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty, 

Give unto the Lord glory and strength. 

Give unto the Lord the glory of His name; 
Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. 

The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; 
The God of glory thundereth; 
The Lord is upon many waters. 

The voice of the Lord is powerful; 
The voice of the Lord is glorious. 

The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; 

Yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. 

And He maketh them dance like a calf; 
Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. 



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The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire; 
The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; 
The Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. 

The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to bring forth; 
And layeth bare the forests; 

And in His temple doth every one speak of His glory. 

The Lord sitteth upon the flood; 

Yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever. 

The Lord will give strength to His people; 
The Lord will bless His people with peace. 

Psalm 2g. 



12. 



Glorification of the Lord after He suffered temptations even to the last, 
which was the Passion of the Cross. 



I will exalt Thee, O Lord; 
For Thou hast lifted me up, 

And hast not made mine enemies to rejoice over me. 

O Lord my God, I cried unto Thee, 
And Thou hast healed me. 

O Lord, Thou hast brought up my soul from hell; 
Thou hast caused me to live, 

That I should not go down to the pit. 

Sing unto the Lord, O ye His saints, 

And give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness. 

For His anger is but for a moment; 
In His favor is life; 

Weeping shall endure for a night, 
But joy cometh in the morning. 

And I said in my prosperity, 
I shall never be moved. 

Lord, in Thy favor Thou hast made my mountain to stand in strength; 
Thou didst hide Thy face, and I was troubled. 

1 cried unto Thee, O Lord; 

And unto the Lord I made my supplication. 



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What profit Is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit ? 
Shall the dv it praise Thee ? shall it declare Thy truth ? 

Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me; 
O Lord, be Thou my helper. 

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; 

Thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; 

That my glory may sing unto Thee, and not be silent. 

Lord my God, I will give thanks unto Thee for ever. 

Psalm jo. 

13. 

The mercy of the Lord over those who repent and are in grievous temptations. 

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, 
Whose sin is covered. 

Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, 
And in whose spirit there is no deceit. 

When I was silent, my bones waxed old 
Through my roaring all the day long. 

For day and night Thy hand was heavy upon me; 

My moisture was turned into the drought of summer. 

I acknowledged my sin unto Thee, 
And mine iniquity have I not hid. 

I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; 
And Thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. 

For this shall every saint pray unto Thee 
In a time when Thou mayest be found. 

Wherefore in the floods of great waters, 
They shall not come nigh unto him. 

Thou art my hiding place; 

Thou shalt preserve me from trouble; 

Thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. 

I will make thee intelligent, 

And teach thee in the way which Thou shalt go; 

1 will guide thee with mine eye. 



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Be ye not as the horse, or as the mtile, which have no understanding; 
Whose mouth must be closed with bridle and bit, 
Lest they draw near unto thee. 

Many are the sorrows of the wicked; 

But he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about. 

Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye just; 
And sing, all ye upright in heart. 

Psalm 32. 

14. 

The Church which is from the Lord by the Word will endure forever. 

Sing to the Lord, O ye just; 

Praise is comely for the upright. 

Praise the Lord with the harp; 

Sing unto Him with the psaltery of ten strings. 

Sing unto Him a new song; 

Play skilfully with a loud noise. 

For the Word of the Lord is right; 
And all His works are done in truth. 

He loveth justice and judgment; 

The earth is full of the mercy of the Lord. 

By the Word of the Lord were the heavens made; 

And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. 

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; 
He layeth up the deeps in storehouses 

Let all the earth fear the Lord; 

Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him; 

For He spake, and it was done; 
He commanded, and it stood fast. 

The Lord maketh void the counsel of the nations; 
He hath overturned the devices of the people. 

The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, 
The thoughts of His heart to all generations. 

Psalm 33: 1-11. 



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15. 

B/essed are they who are of the Lord's Church; for there is no 
salvation by human intelligence. 

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; 

The people whom He hath chosen for His inheritance. 

The Lord looketh from heaven; 
He beholdeth all the sons of men. 

From the place of His habitation 

He looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. 

He formeth their hearts together; 
He understandeth all their works. 

No king is saved by the multitude of a host; 

A mighty man is not delivered by great strength. 

A horse is a vain thing for safety; 

Neither shall he deliver by his great strength. 

Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear Him. 
Upon them that hope in His mercy; 

To deliver their soul from death, 
And to keep them alive in famine. 

Our soul waiteth for the Lord; 
He is our help and our shield. 

For our heart shall rejoice in Him, 

Because we have trusted in His holy name. 

Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, 
According as we hope in Thee. 

Psalm jj: 12-22. 

16. 

The Lord delivers those who trust in Him from all evil. 

I will bless the Lord at all times; 

His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 

My soul shall glory in the Lord; 
The afflicted shall hear and be glad. 



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magnify the Lord with me, 

And let us exalt His name together. 

1 sought the Lord, and He heard me, 
And delivered me from all my fears. 

They looked unto Him, and were made to rejoice; 
And their faces were not ashamed. 

This afflicted one cried, and the Lord heard him, 
And saved him out of all his troubles. 

The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him, 
And delivereth them. 

taste and see that the Lord is good; 
Blessed is the man that trusteth in Him. 

fear the Lord, ye His saints; 

There is no want to them that fear Him. 

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; 

But they that seek the Lord shall not want any good. 

Psalm 34: 1 -70. 

17. 

The Lord saves the good, but the evil perish. 

Come, ye children, hearken unto me; 
I will teach } T ou the fear of the Lord. 

What man is he that desireth life, 

And loveth many days, that he may see good ? 

Keep thy tongue from evil, 

And thy lips from speaking guile. 

Depart from evil and do good; 
Seek peace, and pursue it. 

The eyes of the Lord are upon the just, 
And His ears are open to their cry. 

The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, 
To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 

The just cry, and the Lord heareth, 

And delivereth them out of all their troubles. 

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; 
And saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 



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Man}- are the afflictions of the just; 

But the Lord delivereth him out of them all. 

He keepeth all his bones; 
Not one of them is broken. 

Kvil shall slay the wicked; 

And they that hate the just shall be guilty. 

The Lord redeemeth the soul of His servants; 

And none of them that trust in Him shall be guilty. 

Psalm 34: 11-22. 

18. 

The Lord will protect the good when the last judgment comes. 

God is our refuge and strength, 
A very present help in trouble. 

Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be removed, 
And the mountains be moved into the heart of the seas. 

Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, 

And the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. 

There is a river the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God; 
The holy place of the habitations of the most High. 

God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; 
God shall help her when the morning dawns. 

The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; 
He uttered His voice, the earth melted away. 

The Lord of Hosts is with us; 
The God of Jacob is our refuge. 

Come, behold the works of the Lord, 
Who maketh desolations in the earth. 

He maketh wars to cease to the end of the earth; 

He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; 
He burneth the chariot with fire. 

Be still, and know that I am God; 
I will be exalted among the nations, 
I will be exalted in the earth. 

The Lord of Hosts is with us; 

The God of Jacob is our refuge. Psalm 46. 



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19. 

The Lord reigns over the Church. 

O clap your hands, all ye people; 

Shout unto God with the voice of triumph. 

For the Lord most High is terrible; 
He is a great King over all the earth. 

He shall subdue the people under us, 
And the nations under our feet. 

He shall choose our inheritance for us, 
The excellency of Jacob whom He loved. 

God is gone up with a shout, 

The Lord with the sound of a trumpet. 

Sing praise to our God, sing praise; 
Sing praise to our King, sing praise. 

For God is King of all the earth; 
Sing ye praise with understanding. 

God reigneth over the nations; 

God sitteth upon the throne of His holiness. 

The princes of the people are gathered together, 
The people of the God of Abraham. 

For the shields of the earth belong unto God; 
He is greatly exalted. 

Psalm 47. 

20. 

Humiliation of the Lord, His Glorification, and the establishment 
of the Church by Him. 

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness; 

According to the multitude of Thy tender mercies blot out my 
transgressions. 

Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, 
And cleanse me from my sin. 

For I acknowledge my transgressions; 
And my sin is ever before me. 



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Against Thee, against Thee only, have I sinned, 
And done this evil in Thy sight; 

That Thou mightest be justified when Thou speakest, 
And be pure when Thou judgest. 

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; 

And in sin did my mother conceive me. 

Behold, Thou desirest truth in the reins, 

And in the hidden part Thou makest me to know wisdom. 

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; 
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 

Make me to hear joy and gladness, 

That the bones which Thou hast broken may rejoice. 

Hide Thy face from my sins, 

And blot out all mine iniquities. 

Create in me a clean heart, O God; 
And renew a firm spirit within me. 

Cast me not away from Thy presence; 
And take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. 

Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation; 
And let a willing spirit uphold me. 

And I will teach transgressors Thy ways; 
And sinners shall be converted unto Thee. 

Deliver me from blood, O God, Thou God of my salvation; 
And my tongue shall sing aloud of Thy justice. 

O Lord, open Thou my lips; 

And my mouth shall show forth Thy praise. 

For Thou desirest not sacrifice, that I should give it; 
Thou delightest not in burnt offering. 

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; 

A broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise. 

Do good in Thy good pleasure unto Zion; 
Build Thou the walls of Jerusalem. 

Then shalt Thou be pleased with the sacrifices of justice, 
With burnt offering and whole burnt offering; 

Then shall they offer bullocks upon Thine altar. Psa/m 51 . 



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21. 

The hypocrites will perish, but they that trust in the Lord will be saved. 

Why boastest thou in mischief, O mighty man ? 
The mercy of God is for ever. 

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; 

Like a sharp razor, working deceit. 

Thou lovest evil more than good; 

And lying more than speaking justice. 

Thou lovest all devouring words, 

thou deceitful tongue. 

God shall also destroy thee for ever, 
He shall take thee away, 

And pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, 
And root thee out of the land of the living. 

The just also shall see and fear, 
And shall laugh at him. 

Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; 
But trusted in the abundance of his riches, 
And strengthened himself in his wickedness. 

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; 

1 trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. 

I will praise Thee for ever, because Thou hast wrought; 
And I will wait on Thy name; 
For it is good before Thy saints. 

Psalm 52. 

22. 

Prayer of the Lord for assistance against the hells, and deliverance. 

Save me, O God, for the sake of Thy name, 
And judge me by Thy strength. 

Hear my prayer, O God; 

Give ear to the words of my mouth. 

For strangers are risen against me, 
And oppressors seek after my soul; 
They have not set God before them. 



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Behold, God is my helper; 

The Lord is with them that uphold my soul. 

He shall reward evil to mine enemies; 
Cut them off in Thy truth. 

I will freely sacrifice unto Thee; 

I will praise Thy name, O Lord; for it is good. 

For He hath delivered me out of all trouble; 
And mine eye hath looked upon mine enemies. 

Psalm 54. 

23. 

Temptations of the Lord in which He has trust in the Father- 
Be merciful unto me, God; 
For man would swallow me up; 
He fighting daily oppresseth me. 

Mine enemies would daily swallow me up; 

For they be many that fight against me, O Thou most High. 

In the day when I am afraid, 
I will trust in Thee. 

In God I will praise His Word, 
In God I have put my trust; 

I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. 

Every day they wrest my words; 

All their thoughts are against me for evil. 

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, 
They mark my steps when they lie in wait for my soul. 

Because of their iniquity, deliver me from them; 
In Thine anger cast down the people, O God. 

Thou hast numbered my wanderings; 
Put Thou my tears into Thy bottle; 
Are they not in Thy book ? 

When I cry unto Thee, then shall mine enemies turn back; 
This I know; for God is for me. 

In God will I praise His Word; 

In the Lord will I praise His Word. 



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In God have I put my trust; 

I will not fear what man can do unto me. 

Thy vows are upon me, O God; 
I will render praises unto Thee. 

For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, and my feet from falling; 
That I may walk before God in the light of the living. 

Psalm 56. 



24. 

Prayer of the Lord when in combats with the hells which assault Him. 

Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; 
For my soul trusteth in Thee; 

Yea, in the shadow of Thy wings will I trust, until these calamities 
be overpast. 

I will cry unto God most high; 

Unto God that performeth all things for me. 

He shall send from heaven, 

And save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. 
God shall send forth His mercy and His truth. 

My soul is among lions; 

I lie down among them that are set on fire, 

Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, 
And their tongue a sharp sword. 

Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, 
Let Thy glory be above all the earth. 

They have prepared a net for my steps; 
My soul is bowed down. 

They have digged a pit before me, 
Into the midst thereof they are fallen. 

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; 
I will sing and give praise. 

Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp; 
I will awake early. 

I will praise Thee, O Lord, among the people; 
I will sing unto Thee among the nations. 



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For Thy mercy is great unto the heavens, 
And Thy truth unto the clouds. 

Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; 
Let Thy glory be above all the earth. 

Psalm 57. 



25. 

Lamentation of the Lord, that He is forsaken, together with the Church; 
but there will be deliverance. 



O God, Thou hast cast us off, Thou hast broken us, 
Thou hast been displeased; 
O turn Thyself to us again. 

Thou hast made the earth to tremble; Thou hast broken it; 
Heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. 

Thou hast showed Thy people a hard thing; 

Thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. 

Thou hast given a banner to them that fear Thee, 
That it may be lifted up because of the truth. 

That Thy beloved may be delivered; 

Save with Thy right hand and hear me. 

God hath spoken in His holiness; I will rejoice; 

I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. 

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; 
And Ephraim is the strength of my head; 
Judah is my lawgiver. 

Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; 
Over Philistia will I shout. 

Who will bring me into the strong city ? 
Who will lead me into Edom ? 

Wilt not Thou, O God, who hast forsaken us ? 

And Thou, O God, who hast not gone out with our armies ? 

Give us help from the enemy; 
For vain is the help of man. 

In God we shall do valiantly; 

For He shall tread down our enemies. Psalm 60. 



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26. 

The Lord alone has power, and from Him is all help. 

Truly my soul shall rest in God; 
From Him is my salvation. 

He only is my rock and my salvation; 

He is my refuge; I shall not be greath T moved. 

How long will ye assail a man ? 

Ye shall be slain all of you; as a bowing wall and a totterin 

They only consult to cast him down from his eminence; 
The}- delight in lying. 

They bless with their mouth, 
But they curse inwardly. 

My soul, rest thou in God; 
For my hope is in Him. 

He only is my rock, and my salvation; 
He is my refuge; I shall not be moved. 

In God is my salvation and my glory; 

The rock of my strength, and my refuge is in God. 

Trust in Him at all times, ye people; 
Pour out your heart before Him; 
God is a refuge for us. 

Surely the sons of man are vanity, 
And the sons of man are a lie. 

When weighed in the balance, 
They are more than vanity. 

Trust not in oppression, 

And be not vain in robbery. 

If riches increase, 

Set not your heart upon them. 

God hath spoken once; 
Twice have I heard this; 

That power belongeth unto God. 

And unto Thee, O Lord, is mercy; 

For Thou renderest to every man according to his work. 



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27. 

The desire and love of the Lord for union with His Divine, that the evil 
may be cast out and the good saved. 

O God, Thou art my God; early will I seek Thee; 

My soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee 
In a dry and thirsty land where no water is; 

To see Thy power and Thy glory, 

So as I have seen Thee in the sanctuary. 

Because Thy mercy is better than life, 
My lips shall praise Thee. 

So will I bless Thee while I live; 

I will lift up my hands in Thy name. 

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; 
And my mouth shall praise Thee with joyful lips; 

When I remember Thee upon my bed, 

And meditate on Thee in the night watches. 

Because Thou hast been my help, 

Therefore in the shadow of Thy wings will I rejoice. 

My soul cleaveth unto Thee; 
Tlry right hand upholdeth me. 

But those that seek my soul to destroy it, 

They shall go into the lower parts of the earth. 

They shall fall by the sword; 

They shall be a portion for foxes. 

But the king shall rejoice in God; 

Every one that sweareth by Him shall glory; 

But the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. 

Psalm 6j. 

28. 

From the union of the Divine and Human in the Lord a Church will exist 
which will be in all intelligence and wisdom. 

Praise waiteth for Thee, O God, in Zion; 
And unto Thee shall the vow be performed. 

O Thou that hearest prayer, 
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Iniquities prevail against me; 

As for our transgressions, Thou shalt purge them away. 

Blessed is the man whom Thou choosest, 
And causest to approach unto Thee, 
That he may dwell in Thy courts. 

We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Thy house, 
Even of Thy holy temple. 

By wonderful things in justice wilt Thou answer us, 
O God of our salvation; 

Who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, 
And of them that are afar off upon the sea; 

Who by His strength maketh firm the mountains; 
Being girded with power. 

Who stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves; 
And the tumult of the people. 

They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at Thy signs; 
Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice. 

Thou visitest the earth and waterest it; 

Thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water; 
Thou preparest them corn, when Thou hast established it. 

Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly; 
Thou settlest the furrows thereof; 

Thou makest it soft with showers; 
Thou blessest the sprouting thereof. 

Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness: 
And Thy paths drop fatness. 

They drop upon the habitations of the wilderness; 
And the hills rejoice on every side. 

The pastures are clothed with flocks; 
And the valleys are covered with corn; 
They shout with joy, they also sing. 

Psalm 65. 

29. 

The hells will be subjugated and the Church established by the Lord. 

Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered; 
Let them also that hate Him flee before Him, 



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As smoke is driven away, drive them away; 
As wax melteth before the fire, 
Let the wicked perish before God. 

But let the just be. glad; let them rejoice before God; 
Yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. 

Sing unto God, sing praises to His name; 

Exalt Him that rideth upon the clouds by His name Jah, 
And rejoice before Him. 

A father of the fatherless and a judge of the widows, 
Is God in His holy habitation. 

God maketh the solitary to dwell in a house; 

He bringeth out those which are bound with chains; 
But the rebellious dwell in a dry land. 

O God, when Thou wentest forth before Thy people, 
When Thou didst march through the wilderness; 

The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God; 
Sinai trembled before God, the God of Israel. 

Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, 

Whereby thou didst confirm Thine inheritance, when it was weary 

Thy congregation hath dwelt therein; 

Thou, O God, hast confirmed the afflicted with Thy goodness. 

The Lord gave the Word; 

Great is the host of them that bear the tidings. 

Kings of armies do flee, they flee; 

And she that dwelleth in the house divideth the spoil. 

Though ye have lain among the rows, 

Ye shall be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, 
And her feathers with the yellow of gold. 

When Schaddai scattered kings in it, 
It was as snow in Salmon. 

The mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; 
A mountain of hills is the mountain of Bashan. 

Why leap ye, ye mountains ? 

Ye hills of the mountains which God desireth to dwell in ? 
Yea, the Lord will dwell therein for ever. 



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The chariots of God are twenty thousand, thousands of thousands; 
The Lord is among them in Sinai, in the holy place. 

Thou hast ascended on high, 
Thou hast led captivity captive. 

Thou hast received gifts for man; 

Yea, for the rebellious, that the Lord God might dwell among them. 

Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us, 
Even the God of our salvation. 

Psalm 68: i^ig. 

30. 

Combat of the Lord with the hells, and victory. 

In Thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; 
Let me never be put to shame. 

Deliver me in Thy justice, and cause me to escape; 
Incline Thine ear unto me, and save me. 

Be Thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually come; 
Thou hast given commandment to save me; 
For Thou art my rock and my fortress. 

Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, 
Out of the hand of the iniquitous and violent man. 

For Thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovih; 
Thou art my trust from my youth. 

By Thee have I been holden up from the womb; 

Thou art He that took me out of my mother's bowels; 
Thou art my praise continually. 

I am as a wonder unto many; 
But Thou art my strong refuge. 

Let my mouth be filled with Thy praise, 
And with Thy glory all the day. 

Cast me not off in the time of old age; 

Forsake me not when my strength faileth. 

For mine enemies speak against me; 

And they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together, 

Saying, God hath forsaken him; persecute and take him; 
For there is none to deliver him. 



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God, be not far from me; 

my God, make haste for my help. 

Let them be put to shame and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; 
Let them be covered with reproach and shame that seek my hurt. 

But I will hope continually, 

And will yet praise Thee more and more. 

Psalm 71: 1-14, 

31. 

When there is victory, the name of God will be preached. 

My mouth shall shew forth Thy justice and Thy salvation all the day; 
For I know not the numbers thereof. 

1 will go in the strength of the Lord Jehovih; 

1 will make mention of Thy justice, of Thine only. 

God, Thou hast taught me from my youth; 

And hitherto have I declared Thy wondrous works. 

Now also when I am greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; 
Until I have shewed Thy strength unto this generation, 
And Thy power to every one that is to come. 

Thy justice also, O God, is very high, 
Who hast done great things; 
O God, who is like unto Thee ! 

Thou hast shewed me great and sore troubles, 
Thou shalt quicken me again, 

And shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth. 

Thou shalt increase my greatness, 
And comfort me on every side. 

1 will also praise Thee with the psaltery, 
Even Thy truth, O my God; 

Unto Thee will I sing with the harp, O Thou Holy One of Israel. 

My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto Thee, 
And my soul which Thou hast redeemed. 

My tongue also shall talk of Thy justice all the day long; 

For they are confounded and brought to shame that seek my hurt. 

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32. 

The kingdom of the Lord, its magnitude, extension and glory. 

Give the king Thy judgments, O God, 
And Thy justice to the king's son. 

He shall judge Thy people with justice, 
And Thy poor with judgment. 

The mountains shall bring peace to the people, 
And the hills by justice. 

He shall judge the needy of the people, 
He shall save the children of the poor, 
And shall break in pieces the oppressor. 

They shall fear Thee as long as the sun and moon endure: 
From generation to generation. 

He shall come down like rain upon the grass; 
As showers that water the earth. 

In his days the just shall flourish; 

And there shall be much peace even until the moon shall be no more. 

And He shall have dominion from sea to sea, 
And from the river to the ends of the earth. 

They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before Him; 
And His enemies shall lick the dust. 

The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents; 
The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. 

And all kings shall bow down before Him; 
All nations shall serve Him. 

For He shall deliver the needy when he crieth; 
The poor also when there is no helper. 

He shall spare the poor and needy, 
And shall save the souls of the needy. 

He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence; 
And precious shall their blood be in His sight. 

And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba; 
Prayer also shall be made for him continually; 
And daily shall he be blessed. 



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There shall be much wheat in the earth on the top of the mountains; 
The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon ; 

And they of the city shall nourish like the grass of the earth. 

His name shall endure for ever; 

His name shall continue as long as the sun; 

And all nations shall be blessed in Him; 
They shall call Him blessed. 

Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, 
Who alone doeth wondrous things. 

And blessed be His glorious name for ever; 

And let the whole earth be filled with His glory. 
Amen and Amen. 

Psalm 72. 

33. 

The advent of the Lord, and the last judgment by Him. 

Unto Thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto Thee do we give thanks; 
For that Thy name is near Thy wondrous works declare. 

When I hold the solemn assembly 
I will judge uprightly. 

When the earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved, 
I will bear up the pillars of it. 

I said unto the proud, Boast not; 
And to the wicked, Lift not up the horn; 

Lift not up your horn on high; 
Speak not with a stiff neck. 

For exaltation cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, 
Nor from the wilderness. 

For God is the judge; 

He humbleth one and exalteth another. 

For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; 
It is full of mixture, and He poureth out of the same; 

But the dregs shall the wicked of the earth wring out, and drink. 



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But I will declare for ever; 

I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. 

All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; 

But the horns of the just shall be exalted. Psalm 75. 

34. 

The Lord will be present in the Church and effect judgment. 

In Judah is God known; 
His name is great in Israel. 

In Salem also is His tabernacle, 
And His dwelling place in Zion. 

There brake He the arrows of the bow, 
The shield, and the sword, and the battle. 

Thou art more glorious and excellent 
Than the mountains of prey. 

The stouthearted are spoiled, 
They have slept their sleep; 

And none of the men of might have found their hands. 

At Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, 

Both the chariot and the horse have fallen into a deep sleep. 

Thou, even Thou, art to be feared; 

And who may stand in Thy sight when Thou art angry ? 

Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; 
The earth feared and was still, 

When God arose to judgment, 

To save all the afflicted of the earth. 

For the wrath of man shall praise Thee; 

The remainder of wrath shalt Thou restrain. 

Vow, and pay unto the Lord your God; 

Let all that be round about Him bring presents unto Him that is to 
be feared. 

He shall cut off the spirit of princes; 

He is terrible to the kings of the earth. Psalm j6. 



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35. 

When the Lord is worshipped, and when there is obedience, He 
removes the hells. 

Sing aloud unto God our strength; 

Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 

Lift up a song, and bring hither the timbrel, 
The pleasant harp with the psaltery. 

Blow the trumpet in the new moon, 

In the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. 

For this was a statute for Israel, 
A law of the God of Jacob. 

This He ordained in Joseph for a testimony, 
When he went out through the land of Egypt; 
When I heard a language that I understood not. 

I removed his shoulder from the burden; 
His hands were delivered from the furnace. 

Thou didst call upon me in trouble and I delivered thee; 
I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; 
I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. 

Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee; 
O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; 

There shall be no strange god in thee; 

Neither shalt thou worship any strange god. 

I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt; 
Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. 

But my people would not hearken to my voice; 
And Israel would not incline unto me. 

So I gave them up to the hardness of their heart; 
And they walked in their own counsels. 

that my people had hearkened unto me, 
And Israel had walked in my ways! 

1 should soon have subdued their enemies, 

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The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto Him; 
And their time should have endured for ever. 

He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat; 
And with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. 

Psalm 81. 

36. 

The Lord will come and execute judgment 

God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; 
He judgeth among the gods. 

How long will ye judge perversely, 
And accept the faces of the wicked ? 

Judge the poor and fatherless; 

Do justice to the afflicted and needy. 

Deliver the poor and needy; 

Rescue them out of the hand of the wicked. 

They know not, neither do they understand; 
They walk on in darkness; 

All the foundations of the earth are moved. 

I have said, Ye are gods; 

And all of you are sons of the most High. 

But ye vShall die like men, 

And fall like one of the princes. 

Arise, O God, judge the earth; 

For thou shalt inherit all nations. Psalm 82. 

37. 

Love and desire for the Church, and its increase by faith in the Lord. 

How lovely are Thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts, 

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord; 
My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. 

Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, 

And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, 
Even Thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. 

Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house; 
They shall be still praising Thee. 



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Blessed is the man whose strength is in Thee; 
In whose heart are Thy ways. 

Who passing through the valley of weeping make it a spring; 
The early rain also covereth it with blessings. 

They go from strength to strength; 
They shall appear before God in Zion. 

Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; 
Give ear, O God of Jacob. 

Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of Thine anointed. 
For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand. 

1 had rather stand at the door in the house of my God, 
Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; 
The Lord will give grace and glory; 

No good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly. 
O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in Thee. 

Psalm 84. 

38. 

Prayer of the Lord for help in temptations. 

Bow down Thine ear, O Lord, and hear me; 
For I am poor and needy. 

Preserve my soul, for I am holy; 

O Thou my God, save Thy servant that trusteth in Thee. 

Be merciful unto me, O Lord; 
For I cry unto Thee daily. 

Rejoice the soul of Thy servant; 

For unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 

For Thou, O Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; 

And plenteous in mercy to all them that call upon Thee. 

Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer; 

And attend to the voice of my supplications. 

In the day of my distress I will call upon Thee; 
For Thou wilt answer me. 

Among the gods there is none like unto Thee, O Lord; 
Nor any works like unto Thy works. 



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All nations whom Thou hast made shall worship Thee, O Lord; 
And shall glorify Thy name. 

For Thou art great, and doest wondrous things; 
Thou art God alone. 

Psalm 86: i-io. 

39. 

The Lord teaches and leads; and the hells will be overthrown. 

Teach me Thy way, O Lord, that I may walk in Thy truth; 
Unite my heart to fear Thy name. 

I will praise Thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart; 
And I will glorify Thy name for evermore. 

For great is Thy mercy toward me; 

And Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. 

O God, the proud are risen against me, 

And the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul, 
And have not set Thee before them. 

But Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, 
Longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. 

O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; 
Give Thy strength unto Thy servant, 
And save the son of Thine handmaid. 

Shew me a token for good; 

That they which hate me may see and be ashamed; 

Because Thou, O Lord, hast helped me and comforted me. 

Psalm 86: u-iy. 

40. 

A New Church will be collected from all sides. 

His foundation is in the holy mountains. 

The Lord loveth the gates of Zion above all the dwellings of Jacot 

Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. 

I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me. 

Behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; 
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And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her; 
And the Highest Himself shall establish her. 

The Lord shall count, when He writeth up the people, 
That this man was born there. 

Both the singers arid the dancers shall say, 
All my fountains are in Thee. 

Psalm 87. 

41. 

The Lord in His Human has all power; happy are they that trust in Him. 

Who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord ? 

Who among the sons of the gods can be likened to the Lord ? 

God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, 

And to be had in reverence of all them that are round about Him. 

O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto Thee ? 
Or to Thy truth round about Thee ? 

Thou rulest the raging of the sea; 

When the waves thereof arise, Thou stillest them. 

Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; 
Thou hast scattered Thine enemies with Thy strong arm. 

The heavens are Thine, the earth also is Thine; 

As for the world and the fulness thereof, Thou hast founded them. 

The north and the south, Thou hast created them; 
Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in Thy name. 

Thou hast a mighty arm; 

Strong is Thy hand, and high is Thy right hand. 

Justice and judgment are the support of Thy throne; 
Mercy and truth shall go before Thy face. 

Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound; 

They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of Thy countenance. 

In Thy name shall they rejoice all the day; 

And in Thy justice shall they be exalted. . ^ 

For Thou art the glory of their strength; 
And in Thy favor our horn shall be exalted. 

For the Lord is our shield; 

And the Holy One of Israel is our King. Psalm 89: 6-/8. 



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42. 

Joy of the New Church over the advent of the Lord. 

The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice; 
Let the many isles be glad. 

Clouds and thick darkness are round about Him; 
Justice and judgment are the support of His throne. 

A fire goeth before Him, 

And burneth up His enemies round about. 

His lightnings enlightened the world, 
The earth saw and trembled. 

The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, 
At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. 

The heavens declare His justice, 
And all the people see His glory. 

Ashamed are all they that worship graven images, 
That boast themselves in idols; 
Worship Him, all ye gods. 

Zion heard and was glad, 

And the daughters of Judah rejoiced, 
Because of Thy judgments, O Lord. 

For Thou, O Lord, art high above all the earth; 
Thou art exalted far above all gods. 

Ye that love the Lord, hate evil; 

He preserveth the souls of His saints; 

He delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. 

Light is sown for the just, 

And gladness for the upright in heart. 

Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just; 

And give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness. 

Psalm 97 

43. 

The Lord is the God of the Church, and He alone is to be worshipped. 

The Lord reigneth; let the people tremble; 
He sitteth between the cherubim; 
Let the earth be moved. 



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The Lord is great in Zion; 

And He is high above all people. 

Let them praise Thy great and terrible name; 
For it is holy. 

The king's strength also loveth judgment; 
Thou dost establish uprightness, 

Thou executest judgment and justice in Jacob. 

Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at His footstool; 
For He is holy. 

Moses and Aaron among His priests, 

And Samuel among them that call upon His name; 
They called upon the Lord, and He answered them. 

He spake unto them in the pillar of cloud; 

They kept His testimonies, and the statute that He gave them. 

Thou didst answer them, O Lord our God; 
Thou wast a God that forgavest them, 

Though Thou tookest vengeance on their doings. 

Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at His holy mountain; 
For the Lord our God is holy. 

Psalm 99. 

44. 

When the Lord comes the upright will be saved, but the evil will perish. 

I will sing of mercy and judgment; 
Unto Thee, O Lord, will I sing. 

I will do wisely in the way of the upright. 

when wilt Thou come unto me ? 

I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart. 

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes; 

1 hate the work of them that turn aside; 
It shall not cleave to me. 

A perverse heart shall depart from me; 
I will not know the wicked. 

Whoso secretly slandereth his neighbor, him will I cut off; 
Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. 



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Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, 
That they may dwell with me; 

He that walketh in the wa} T of the upright, he shall serve me. 

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house; 
He that speaketh lies shall not stand in my sight. 

In the morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land; 

I will cut off all workers of iniquity from the city of the Lord. 

Psalm 101. 

45. 

Praise of the Lord because all Divine Truth is from Him. 

Bless the Lord, O my soul. 

O Lord m}' God, Thou art very great; 
Thou art clothed with glory and honor. 

Who coverest Thyself with light as with a garment; 
Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain; 

Who layeth the beams of His chambers in the waters; 
Who maketh the clouds His chariot; 

Who walketh upon the wings of the wind. 

Who maketh His angels spirits; 
His ministers a naming fire. 

Who laid the foundations of the earth, 
That it should not be removed for ever. 

Thou coverest it with the deep as with a garment; 
The waters stand above the mountains. 

At Thy rebuke they fled; 

At the voice of Thy thunder they hasted away. 

They go up the mountains; 
They go down the valleys; 

Unto the place which Thou hast founded for them. 

Thou hast set a bound that they ma} T not pass over- 
That they turn not again to cover the earth. 

He sendeth the fountains into the rivers; 
They run among the mountains. 

They give drink to every wild beast of the field; 
The wild asses quench their thirst. 



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By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, 
Which sing among the branches. 

He watereth the mountains from His chambers; 
The earth is satisfied with the fruit of Thy works. 

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, 
And herb for the service of man, 

That He may bring forth food out of the earth; 

And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, 
And oil to make his face to shine, 

And bread which strengtheneth man's heart. 

The trees of the Lord are full; 

The cedars of Lebanon, which He hath planted; 

Where the birds make their nests; 

As for the stork, the fir trees are her house. 

The high mountains are a refuge for the wild goats; 
And the rocks for the conies. 

He appointed the moon for seasons; 
The sun knoweth his going down. 

Thou makest darkness, and it is night; 

Wherein every wild beast of the forest doth creep forth. 

The young lions roar after their prey. 
And seek their food from God. 

The sun ariseth, they are gathered together, 
And lay them down in their habitations. 

Man goeth forth unto his work 
And to his labor until the evening. 

Psalm 104: 1-2 j. 

46. 

The knowledges of truth and good are from the Lord by the Word 

O Lord, how manifold are Thy works ! 
In wisdom hast Thou made them all; 
The earth is full of Thy riches. 

So is this great and wide sea, 

Wherein are things creeping innumerable, 
Both small and great beasts. 



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THE PSALTER. 



There go the ships; 

The leviathan whom Thou hast made to play therein. 

All these wait upon Thee; 

That Thou maj'est give them their food in its season. 

That which Thou givest them they gather; 

Thou openest Thine hand, they are filled with good. 

Thou hidest Thy face, they are troubled; 
Thou takest away their breath, they die, 
And return to their dust. 

Thou sendest forth Thy spirit, the}* are created; 
And Thou renewest the face of the ground. 

The glory of the Lord shall endure forever; 
The Lord shall rejoice in His works. 

He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; 
He toucheth the mountains, and they smoke. 

I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live; 

I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. 

My meditation of Him shall be sweet; 
I will be glad in the Lord. 

Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, 
And let the wicked be no more. 

Bless thou the Lord, O my soul. Praise ye the Lord. 

Psalm 104: 24-35. 

47. 

The Lord has all power and dominion by His victory over the hells. 

The Lord said unto my Lord, 
Sit Thou at my right hand, 

Until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool. 

The Lord shall send the rod of Thy strength out of Zion; 
Rule Thou in the midst of Thine enemies. 

Thy people shall be willing in the day of Thy power, 

In the beauty of holiness from the womb of the morning; 
Thou hast the dew of Thy youth. 

The Lord hath sworn and will not repent, 

Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. 



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The Lord at thy right hand shall smite kings in the day of His wrath. 
He shall judge among the nations. 

He shall fill the land with the dead bodies; 
He shall smite the heads over many countries. 

He shall drink of the brook in the way ; 
Therefore shall He lift up the head. 

Psalm 110. 

48. 

He that trusts in the Lord, and lives well, will be saved. 

Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, 

That delighteth greatly in His commandments. 

His seed shall be mighty upon earth; 

The generation of the upright shall be blessed. 

Wealth and riches shall be in his house; 
And his justice shall stand for ever. 

Unto the upright light ariseth in darkness; 
He is gracious, and merciful, and just. 

A good man is merciful, and lendeth; 
He will guide his affairs with judgment. 

For he shall not be moved for ever; 

The just shall be in everlasting remembrance. 

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings ; 
His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. 



Psalm 112: 7-7. 



49 



When fa/ses are removed there will be love and charity, and 
instruction in truths. 

When Israel went out of Egypt? 

The house of Jacob from a strange people; 

Judah was his sanctuary, 
And Israel his dominion. 

The sea saw it, and fled; 
Jordan turned backward. 

The mountains leaped like rams, 
And the hills like lambs. 



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THE PSALTER. 



What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? 
Thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back ? 

Ye mountains, that ye leaped like rams; 
And ye hills, like lambs ? 

Bring forth, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, 
At the presence of the God of Jacob; 

Who turned the rock into standing water; 
The flint into a fountain of waters. 

Psalm 114. 

50. 

The Lord has all power, but man is nothing but the falsity of evil. 

Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, 
But unto Thy name give glory, 

Because of Thy mercy, and because of Thy truth. 

Wherefore should the nations say, 
Where is now their God ? 

But our God is in the heavens; 

He hath done whatsoever He hath pleased. 

Their idols are silver and gold, 
The work of men's hands. 

They have mouths, but they speak not; 
Eyes have they, but they see not; 

They have ears, but they hear not; 
Noses have they, but they smell not; 

They have hands, but they handle not; 
Feet have they, but they walk not; 

Neither speak they through their throat. 

They that make them are like unto them; 
So is every one that trusteth in them. 

O Israel, trust thou in the Lord; 
He is their help and their shield. 

O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord; 
He is their help and their shield. 

Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord; 
He is their help and their shield. 



THE PSALTER. 



The Lord hath been mindful of us; 
He will bless us; 

He will bless the house of Israel ; 
He will bless the house of Aaron. 

He will bless them that fear the Lord, 
Both small and great. 

The Lord shall increase you more and more, 
You and your children. 

Blessed are ye of the Lord, 
Who made heaven and earth. 

The heavens, even the heavens, are the Lord's; 

But the earth hath He given to the children of men. 

The dead praise not the Lord, 

Neither any that go down into silence. 

But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. 
Praise ye the Lord. 

Psalm 115. 

51. 

Praise of the Lord because of help in grievous temptations. 

I love the Lord, because He hath heard my voice, 
And my supplications. 

Because He hath inclined His ear unto me, 

Therefore will I call upon Him as long as I live. 

The sorrows of death encompassed me, 
And the pains of hell took hold upon me; 
I found trouble and sorrow. 

And I called upon the name of the Lord; 

Lord, I beseech Thee, deliver my soul. 

Gracious is the Lord, and just; 
Yea, our God is merciful. 

The Lord preserveth the simple; 

1 was brought low, and He saved me 

Return unto thy rest, O my soul; 

For the Lord hath dealt well with thee. 



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THE PSALTER. 



For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, 
Mine eyes from tears, 

And my feet from falling. 

I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. 
I believed, therefore have I spoken 

I was greatly afflicted; 

I said in my haste, All men are liars. 

What shall I render unto the Lord 
For all His benefits toward me ? 

I will take the cup of salvation, 

And call upon the name of the Lord. 

I will pay my vows unto the Lord 
Now in the presence of all His people. 

Precious in the sight of the Lord 
Is the death of His saints. 

Lord, truly I am Thy servant; 

I am Thy servant, and the son of Thine handmaid; 
Thou hast loosed my bonds. 

1 will offer to Thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, 
And will call upon the name of the Lord. 

I will pay my vows unto the Lord 

Now in the presence of all His people, 

In the courts of the Lord 's house, 
In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. 
Praise } T e the Lord. 

Psalm 116. 

52. 

The Lord fulfilled all things of the Word, and thus united the Human 
to His Divine. 

1. 

AEEPH. 

Blessed are the perfect in the way, 
Who walk in the law of the Lord. 

Blessed are they that keep His testimonies, 
That seek Him with the whole heart. 



THK PSAI/fER. 



Even they who do no iniquity, 
Who walk in His ways. 

Thou hast commanded us to keep Thy precepts diligently. 
O that my ways were directed to keep Thy statutes! 

Then shall I not be ashamed, 

When I have respect unto all Thy commandments. 

I will praise Thee with uprightness of heart, 

When I shall have learned the judgments of Thy justice. 

I will keep Thy statutes; 
O forsake me not utterly! 

2. 

BETH. 

Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way ? 
By taking heed according to Thy Word. 

With my whole heart have I sought Thee; 

let me not wander from Thy commandments! 

Thy Word have I hid in my heart, 
That I might not sin against Thee. 

Blessed art Thou, O Lord; 
Teach me Thy statutes. 

With my lips have I declared all the judgments of Thy mouth. 

1 rejoice in the way of Thy testimonies as in all riches. 

I will meditate on Thy precepts, 
And have respect unto Thy ways. 

I will delight myself in Thy statutes; 
I will not forget Thy Word. 

3- 

GIMEL. 

Do well unto Thy servant, 

That I may live and keep Thy Word. 

Open Thou mine eyes, 

That I may behold wondrous things out of Thy law. 

I am a stranger in the earth; 

Hide not Thy commandments from me. 



THE PSALTER. 



My soul breaketh for longing toward Thy judgments at all times. 
Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, 
Which wander from Thy commandments. 

Remove from me reproach and contempt; 
For I have kept Thy testimonies. 

Although princes do sit and speak against me; 
Yet Thy servant doth meditate upon Thy statutes. 

Thy testimonies also are my delight, 
And my counsellors. 

DALETH. 

My soul cleaveth unto the dust; 

Quicken Thou me according to Thy Word. 

I have declared my ways, and Thou hast answered me; 
Teach me Thy statutes. 

Make me to understand the way of Thy commandments, 
And I will talk of Thy wondrous works. 

My soul melteth for heaviness; 

Lift Thou me up according to Thy Word. 

Remove from me the way of lying, 
And graciously grant me Thy law. 

I have chosen the way of truth; 
Thy judgments have I laid before me. 

I cleave unto Thy testimonies; 
O Lord, put me not to shame. 

I will run the way of Thy commandments, 
For Thou shalt enlarge my heart. 

5- 
HE. 

Teach me, O Lord, the way of Thy statutes; 
And I will keep it unto the end. 



THE PS ALTER. 



Give me understanding, and I will keep Thy law; 
Yea, I will observe it with my whole heart. 

Make me to walk in the path of Thy commandments; 
For therein do I delight. 

Incline m}^ heart unto Thy testimonies, 
And not to covetousness. 

Turn away mine eyes from seeing vanity; 
Quicken Thou me in Thy way. 

Establish Thy Word unto Thy servant, 
Which is according to Thy fear. 

Turn away my reproach which I fear; 
For Thy judgments are good. 

Behold, I have longed for Thy commandments, 
Quicken me in Thy justice. 

6. 

VAU. 

Let Thy mercy come also unto me, O Lord, 
Even Thy salvation, according to Thy Word. 

And I will answer a word to him that reproacheth me; 
For I trust in Thy Word. 

And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; 
For I have hoped in Thy judgments. 

And I will keep Thy law continually 
For ever and ever. 

And I will walk in a broad place; 
For I seek Thy precepts. 

I will also speak of Thy testimonies before kings, 
And will not be ashamed. 

And I will delight myself in Thy commandments, 
Which I have loved. 

My hands also will I lift up unto Thy commandments, 
Which I have loved; 

And I will meditate in Thy statutes. 



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THE PSALTER. 



7- 

ZAIN. 

Remember the Word unto Thy servant, 
Upon which Thou hast caused me to hope. 

This is my comfort in mine affliction; 
For Thy Word hath quickened me. 

The proud have had me greatly in derision; 
Yet have I not declined from Thy law. 

I remembered Thy judgments of old, O Lord; 
And have comforted myself. 

A burning took hold on me 

Because of the wicked that forsake Thy law. 

Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. 
I have remembered Thy name, O Lord, in the night; 

And I have kept Thy law. 

This I had, because I kept Thy commandments. 

8. 

CHETH. 

Thou art my portion, O Lord; 

I have said that I would keep Thy words. 

I entreated Thy face with my whole heart; 
Be merciful unto me according to Thy Word. 

I thought on my ways, 

And turned my feet unto Thy testimonies. 

I made haste, and delayed not 
To keep Thy commandments. 

The cords of the wicked have encompassed me; 
But I have not forgotten Thy law. 

At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto Thee, 
Because of the judgments of Thy justice. 

I am a companion of all them that fear Thee, 
And of them that keep Thy precepts. 

The earth, O Lord, is full of Thy mercy; 
Teach me Thy statutes. 



THE PSALTER. 



9- 

TETH. 

Thou hast dealt well with Thy servant, O Lord, 
According to Thy Word. 

Teach me good understanding and knowledge; 
For I have believed Thy commandments. 

Before I was afflicted I went astray; 
But now do I keep Thy Word. 

Thou art good, and doest good; 
Teach me Thy statutes. 

The proud have forged a lie against me; 

But I will keep Thy precepts with my whole heart. 

Their heart is fat as grease; 
But I delight in Thy law. 

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, 
That I might learn Thy statutes. 

The law of Thy mouth is better unto me 
Than thousands of gold and silver. 

10. 

JOD. 

Thy hands have made me and established me; 

Give me understanding, that I may learn Thy commandments. 

They that fear Thee will see me and be glad ; 
Because I have hoped in Thy Word. 

I know, O Lord, that Thy judgments are justice, 
And that Thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. 

Let, I pray Thee, Thy mercy be for my comfort, 
According to Thy Word unto Thy servant. 

Let Thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live; 
For Thy law is my delight. 

Let the proud be ashamed; 

For they dealt perversely with me without a cause; 
But I will meditate in Thy precepts. 



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THE PSALTER. 



Let those that fear Thee turn unto me, 
And those that know Thy testimonies. 

Let my heart be perfect in Thy statutes; 
That I be not ashamed. 

ii. 

CAPH. 

My soul f ainteth for Thy salvation ; 
But I hope in Thy Word. 

Mine eyes fail for Thy Word, saying, 
When wilt Thou comfort me ? 

For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; 
Yet do I not forget Thy statutes. 

How many are the days of Thy servant ? 

When wilt Thou execute judgment on them that persecute 

The proud have digged pits for me, 
Which are not after Thy law. 

All Thy commandments are truth; 
They persecute me wrongfully; 
Help Thou me. 

They had almost consumed me upon earth. 
But I forsook not Thy precepts. 

Quicken me according to Thy mercy; 

And I will keep the testimony of Thy mouth. 

12. 

LAMED. 

For ever, O Lord, Thy Word is settled in the heavens. 
Thy truth is from generation to generation. 

Thou hast established the earth, 
And it abideth. 

They continue this day according to Thy judgments; 
For all are Thy servants. 

Unless Thy law had been my delight, 

I should then have perished in mine affliction. 



THE PSALTER. 



255 



I will never forget Thy precepts; 

For with them Thou hast quickened me. 

I am Thine, save me; 

For I have sought Thy precepts. 

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me; 
But I will consider Thy testimonies. 

I have seen an end of all perfection ; 

But Thy commandment is exceeding broad. 

MEM. 

how I love Thy law ! 

It is my meditation all the day. 

Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; 
For they are ever with me. 

1 have more understanding than all my teachers; 
For Thy testimonies are my meditation. 

I understand more than the ancients, 
Because I keep Thy precepts. 

I have refrained my feet from every evil way, 
That I might keep Thy Word. 

I have not departed from Thy judgments; 
For Thou hast taught me. 

How sweet are Thy words to my taste ! 
More than honey to my mouth. 

Through Thy precepts I get understanding; 
Therefore I hate every false way. 

14. 

NUN. 

Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, 
And a light unto my path. 

I have sworn, and I will perform it, 

That I will keep the judgments of Thy justice. 



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THE PSALTER 



I am afflicted very much; 

Quicken me, O Lord, according to Thy Word. 

Accept, I beseech Thee, O Lord, the freewill offerings of my mouth, 
And teach me Thy judgments. 

My soul is continually in my hand; 
Yet do I not forget Thy law. 

The wicked have laid a snare for me; 

Yet I have not wandered from Th} T precepts. 

I have inherited Thy testimonies for ever; 
For they are the rejoicing of my heart. 

I have inclined my heart to perform Thy statutes always, 
Even unto the end. 

SAMECH 

I hate vain thoughts; 
But Thy law do I love. 

Thou art my hiding place and my shield; 
I hope in Thy Word. 

Depart from me, ye evil doers; 

For I will keep the commandments of my God. 

Uphold me according to Thy Word, that I may live; 
And let me not be ashamed of my hope. 

Hold Thou me up, and I shall be saved; 

And I will have respect to Thy statutes continually. 

Thou hast trodden down all them that wander from Thy statutes; 
For their deceit is lying. 

Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross; 
Therefore I love Thy testimonies. 

My flesh trembleth for fear of Thee; 
And I am afraid of Thy judgments. 

16. 



AIN. 

I have done judgment and justice; 
Leave me not to mine oppressors. 



THE PSALTER. 



257 



Be surety for Thy servant for good; 
Let not the proud oppress me. 

Mine eyes fail for Thy salvation, 
And for the Word of Thy justice. 

Deal with Thy servant according to Thy mercy, 
And teach me Thy statutes. 

I am Thy servant; 

Give me understanding, that I may know Thy testimonies. 

It is time for Thee, O Lord, to work; 
For they have made void Thy law. 

Therefore I love Thy commandments above gold; 
Yea, above fine gold. 

Therefore I esteem all Thy precepts concerning all things to be right; 
And I hate every false way. 



17. 
PE. 

Thy testimonies are wonderful; 

Therefore doth my soul keep them. 

The opening of Thy words giveth light; 
It giveth understanding to the simple. 

I opened my mouth, and panted; 

For I longed for Thy commandments. 

Look Thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, 

According to judgment unto those that love Thy name. 

Order my steps in Thy Word; 

And let not any iniquity have dominion over me. 

Deliver me from the oppression of man; 
And I will keep Thy commandments. 

Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant; 
And teach me Thy statutes. 

Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, 
Because they keep not Thy law. 



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THE PSALTER. 



18. 
TZADR. 

Just art Thou, O Lord, 

And upright are Thy judgments. 

Thy testimonies which Thou hast commanded 
Are just and very faithful. 

My zeal hath consumed me, 

Because mine enemies have forgotten Thy words. 

Thy Word is very pure; 

Therefore Thy servant loveth it. 

I am small and despised; 

Yet do I not forget Thy precepts. 

Thy justice is an everlasting justice, 
And Thy law is the truth. 

Distress and anguish have taken hold on me; 
Yet Thy commandments are my delights. 

The justice of Thy testimonies is everlasting; 
Give me understanding, and I shall live. 

19. 

KOPH. 

I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord; 
I will keep Thy statutes. 

I cried unto Thee; 

Save me, and I will keep Thy testimonies. 

I prevented the morning twilight, and cried; 
I hoped in Thy Word. 

Mine eyes prevented the night watches, 
That I might meditate in Thy Word. 

Hear my voice according to Thy mercy; 

O Lord, quicken me according to Thy judgment. 

They draw nigh that follow after mischief; 
They are far from Thy law. 



THE PSALTER. 259 

Thou art near, O Lord; 

And all Thy commandments are truth. 

Concerning Thy testimonies, I have known of old 
That Thou hast founded them for ever. 

20. 

RESH. 

Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; 
For I do not forget Thy law. 

Plead my cause, and deliver me; 

Quicken me according to Thy Word. 

Salvation is far from the wicked; 
For they seek not Thy statutes. 

Great are Thy tender mercies, O Lord; 
Quicken me according to Thy judgments. 

Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; 
Yet do I not decline from Thy testimonies. 

I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; 
Because they kept not Thy Word. 

Behold, how I love Thy precepts; 

Quicken me, O Lord, according to Thy mercy. 

Thy Word is true from the beginning; 

And every judgment of Thy justice endureth for ever. 

21. 

SCHIN. 

Princes have persecuted me without a cause; 
But my heart standeth in awe of Thy Word. 

I rejoice in Thy Word, 

As one that findeth great spoil. 

I hate and abhor lying; 
But Thy law do I love. 

Seven times a day do I praise Thee, 

Because of the judgments of Thy justice. 



26o 



THE PSALTER. 



Great peace have they that love Thy law; 
And nothing shall offend them. 

I have waited for Thy salvation, O Lord, 
And have done Thy commandments. 

My soul hath kept Thy testimonies; 
And I love them exceedingly. 

I have kept Thy precepts and Thy testimonies; 
For all my ways are before Thee. 

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TAIL 

Let my cry come near before Thee, O Lord; 

Give me understanding according to Thy Word. 

Let my supplication come before Thee; 
Deliver me according to Thy Word. 

My lips shall utter praise; 

For Thou hast taught me Thy statutes. 

My tongue shall speak of Thy W T ord; 
For all Thy commandments are just. 

Let Thy hand help me; 

For I have chosen Thy precepts. 

I have longed for Thy salvation, O Lord; 
And Thy law is my delight. 

Let my soul live, and it shall praise Thee; 
And let Thy judgments help me. 

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; 
Seek Thy servant, O Lord; 

For I do not forget Thy commandments. 

Psalm iig, 

53. 

The New Church is guarded by the Lord from the falsity of evil. 

They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, 
Which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. 

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, 
So the Lord is round about His people 
From henceforth even for ever. 



THE PSALTER. 



For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the just; 
That the just may not put forth their hands unto iniquity. 

Do good, O Lord, unto the good, 

And to them that are upright in their hearts. 

As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, 

The Lord shall make them go forth with the workers of iniquity; 
But peace shall be upon Israel. 

Psalm 125, 

54. 

The Church is from the Lord, and not from man. 

Except the Lord build the house, 
They labor in vain that build it; 

Except the Lord keep the city, 
The watchman waketh in vain. 

It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, 
To eat the bread of sorrows; 

So He giveth His beloved in sleep. 

Lo, children are a heritage of the Lord; 
The fruit of the womb is His reward. 

As arrows in the hand of a mighty man; 
So are the children of youth. 

Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them; 
They shall not be ashamed 

When they speak with the enemies in the gate. 

Psalm 127. 

55. 

They that keep the commandments of the Lord will be blessed 
with every good. 

Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; 
That walketh in His ways. 

For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands; 

Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. 

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thy house; 
Thy children like olive plants round about thy table. 



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THE PSALTER. 



Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. 
The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion; 

And thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. 

Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, 
And peace upon Israel. 

Psalm 128. 

56. 

Glorification of the Human of the Lord, and peace thence. 

Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions; 
Who sware unto the Lord, 

And vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob; 

Surety I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, 
Nor go up into my bed; 

I will not give sleep to mine eyes, 
Or slumber to mine eyelids, 

Until I find out a place for the Lord, 

A habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. 

Lo, we heard of Him in Ephratah; 

We found Him in the fields of the forest. 

We will go into His habitations; 
We will worship at His footstool. 

Arise, O Lord, into Thy rest; 

Thou, and the ark of Thy strength. 

Let Thy priests be clothed with justice; 
And let Thy saints shout for joy. 

For the sake of David Thy servant, 

Turn not away the face of Thine anointed. 

The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; 
He will not turn from it; 

Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. 

If tlry children will keep my covenant, 

And my testimon}^ that I shall teach them, 

Their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore. 



THE PSALTER. 



263 



For the Lord hath chosen Zion ; 

He hath desired it for His habitation. 

This is my rest for ever; 

Here will I dwell; for I have desired it. 

I will greatly bless her provision; 
I will satisfy her poor with bread. 

And I will clothe her priests with salvation; 
And her saints shall sing alond for joy. 

There will I make the horn of David to bud; 
I have prepared a lamp for mine anointed. 

His enemies will I clothe with shame; 

But upon himself shall his crown flourish. 

Psalm ij2. 

57. 

The Lord alone is God, Creator, and Redeemer; and He is mercy itself. 

O give thanks unto the Lord; for He is good; 
For His mercy is for ever. 

O give thanks unto the God of gods; 
For His mercy is for ever. 

give thanks to the Lord of lords; 
For His mercy is for ever. 

To Him who alone doeth great wonders; 
For His mercy is for ever. 

To Him that by wisdom made the heavens; 
For His mercy is for ever. 

To Him that spread out the earth above the waters; 
For His mercy is for ever. 

To Him that made great lights; 
For His mercy is for ever; 

The sun to rule by day; 
For His mercy is for ever; 

The moon and stars to rule by night; 
For His mercy is for ever. 



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THE PSALTER. 



To Him that smote Egypt in their firstborn; 
For His mercy is for ever; 

And brought out Israel from among them; 
For His mercy is for ever; 

With a strong hand, and a stretched out arm; 
For His mercy is for ever. 

To Him which divided the Red Sea into parts; 
For His mercy is for ever; 

And made Israel to pass through the midst of it; 
For His mercy is for ever; 

And overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea; 
For His mercy is for ever. 

To Him which led His people through the wilderness; 
For His mercy is for ever. 

To Him which smote great kings; 
For His mercy is for ever; 

And slew mighty kings; 
For His mercy is for ever; 

Sihon king of the Amorites; 
For His mercy is for ever; 

And Og king of Bashan; 
For His mercy is for ever; 

And gave their land for a heritage; 
For His mercy is for ever; 

Even a heritage unto Israel His servant; 
For His mercy is for ever; 

Who remembered us in our low estate; 
For His mercy is for ever; 

And hath redeemed us from our enemies; 
For His mercy is for ever; 

Who giveth food to all flesh; 
For His mercy is for ever. 

O give thanks unto the God of heaven; 

For His mercy is for ever. Psalm 136. 



THE PSALTER. 265 

58. 

Those who are in spiritual captivity will be delivered. 

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, 
Yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. 

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. 

For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; 

And our oppressors required of us mirth, saying, 
Sing us one of the songs of Zion. 

How shall we sing the Lord 's song in a strange land ? 
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget. 

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; 
If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. 

Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; 
Who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. 

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; 

Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast rewarded us. 
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against 
a stone. 

Psalm 137. 

59. 

The Omniscience and Omnipresence of the Lord. 

O Lord, Thou hast searched me, and known me, 
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; 
Thou understandest my thought afar off. 

Thou searchest my path and my lying down, 
And art acquainted with all my ways. 

For there is not a word in my tongue, 

But lo, O Lord, Thou knowest it altogether. 

Thou hast beset me behind and before, 
And laid Thy hand upon me. 

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; 
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Whither shall I go from Thy Spirit ? 

And whither shall I flee from Thy presence ? 

If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there; 

If I make my bed in hell, behold, Thou art there. 

If I take the wings of the morning, 

And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 

Even there shall Thy hand lead me, 
And Thy right hand shall hold me. 

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; 
Even the night shall be light about me. 

Yea, the darkness hideth not from Thee; 
But the night shineth as the day ; 

The darkness and the light are both alike unto Thee. 

Psalm ijg: 1-12. 

60. 

Prayer of the Lord to be delivered from falsifiers and hypocrites. 

Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man; 
Preserve me from the violent man; 

They devise mischiefs in their heart; 

All the day long are they gathered together for war. 

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; 
Adder's poison is under their lips. 

Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; 
Preserve me from the violent man; 

They have devised to overthrow my steps. 

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; 
They have spread a net by the wayside; 
They have set snares for me. 

I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God; 

Hear the voice of my supplications, O Lord. 

O Lord Jehovih, Thou art the strength of my salvation; 
Thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. 



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Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; 
Further not his wicked device, 
Lest they exalt themselves. 

With bitter words they compass me about; 
Let the mischief of their own lips cover them. 

Let burning coals fall upon them; 
Let them be cast into the fire, 

Into deep pits, that they rise not up again. 

Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth ; 
Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. 

I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, 
And the right of the poor. 

Surely the just shall give thanks unto Thy name; 
The upright shall dwell in Thy presence. 

Psalm 140. 

61. 

Prayer of the Lord for help in temptations. 

I cried unto the Lord with my voice; 

With my voice unto the Lord I made my supplication. 

I poured out my complaint before Him; 
I showed before Him my trouble. 

When my spirit failed within me, 
Then Thou knewest my path. 

In the way wherein I walked 
They did hide a snare for me. 

I looked on my right hand, and beheld, 
But there was no one that knew me. 

Refuge failed me; 

No one cared for my soul. 

I cried unto Thee, O Lord; 
I said, Thou art my refuge, 

And my portion in the land of the living. 



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Attend unto my cry; 

For I am brought very low. 

Deliver me from my persecutors; 
For they are stronger than I. 

Bring my soul out of prison, 
That I may praise Thy name. 

The just shall compass me about; 

For Thou shalt deal bountifully with me. 

Psalm 142. 

62. 

Praise of the Lord for His works, His Justice, and His mercy. 

I will extol Thee, my God, O King; 

And I will bless Thy name for ever and ever. 

Every day will I bless Thee; 

And I will praise Thy name for ever and ever. 

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; 
And His greatness is unsearchable. 

Generation to generation shall praise Thy works, 
And shall declare Thy mighty acts. 

I will speak of the glorious honor of Thy majesty, 
And of Thy wondrous works. 

And men shall speak of the might of Thy terrible acts; 
And I will declare Thy greatness. 

They shall pour forth the memory of Thy great goodness, 
And shall sing of Thy justice. 

The Lord is gracious and merciful; 
Slow to anger, and of great mercy. 

The Lord is good to all, 

And His tender mercies are over all His works. 

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63. 

Praise of the Lord because of the salvation of those who repent 
and believe in Him. 

All Thy works shall praise Thee, O Lord; 
And Thy saints shall bless Thee. 

They shall speak of the glory of Thy kingdom, 
And talk of Thy power; 

To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, 
And the glorious majesty of His kingdom. 

Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, 

And Thy dominion to all generations. 

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The Lord upholdeth all that fall, 

And raiseth up all that are bowed down. 

The eyes of all wait upon Thee, 

And Thou givest them their meat in its season. 

Thou openest Thine hand, 

And satisfiest the desire of every living thing. 

The Lord is just in all His ways, 
And holy in all His works. 

The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon Him, 
To all that call upon Him in truth. 

He will fulfill the desire of them that fear Him; 
He also will hear their cry and save them. 

The Lord preserveth all them that love Him; 
But all the wicked will He destroy. 

My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord; 

And let all flesh bless His holy name for ever and ever. 

Psahn 145: 10-21. 

64. 

When the Lord comes He will establish a New Heaven and a New Church. 

And it shall come to pass in the last days, 
That the mountain of the Lord's house 

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And it shall be exalted above the hills, 
And all nations shall flow unto it. 

And many people shall go and say, 

Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, 
To the house of the God of Jacob. 

And He will teach us of His ways, 
And we will walk in His paths; 

For out of Zion shall go forth the law, 

And the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem. 

And He shall judge among the nations, 
And shall rebuke many people; 

And they shall beat their swords in plowshares, 
And their spears into pruning hooks; 

Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, 
Neither shall they learn war any more. 

O house of Jacob, come ye, 

And let us walk in the light of the Lord. 

Isaiah 2: 2-5. 

65. 

The Gentiles shall be received and become a Church. 

The wilderness and the dry place shall be glad in them; 
And the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. 

It shall blossom abundantly, 

And rejoice even with joy and singing. 

The glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, 
The honor of Carmel and Sharon; 

They shall see the glory of the Lord, 
The honor of our God. 

Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. 
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Behold your God will come with vengeance, 
God will come with a recompense; 
He will come and save you. 

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, 
And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. 

Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, 
And the tongue of the dumb shall sing; 

For in the wilderness shall waters break out, 
And streams in the desert. 

And the parched ground shall become a pool, 
And the thirsty land springs of water. 

In the habitation of dragons, where each lay, 
There shall be grass with reeds and rushes. 

And a highway shall be there, and a way, 
And it shall be called, The way of holiness; 

The unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those; 

They that walk in the way, even the fools shall not err therein. 

No lion shall be there, 

Nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon; 

It shall not be found there; 

But the redeemed shall walk there. 

And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, 
And come to Zion with songs, 

And everlasting joy upon their heads. 

They shall obtain joy and gladness, 

And sorrow and sighing shall flee away. 

Isaiah 35. 

66. 

Redemption by the Lord when He comes. 

Hearken to me, ye that follow after justice, 
Ye that seek the Lord; 

Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, 

And to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. 



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Look unto Abraham your father, 
And unto Sarah that bare you; 

For I called him alone, 

And blessed him, and increased him. 

For the Lord shall comfort Zion; 
He will comfort all her waste places; 

And He will make her wilderness like Eden, 
And her desert like the garden of the Lord; 

Joy and gladness shall be found therein, 
Thanksgiving and the voice of melody. 

Hearken unto me, my people; 

And give ear unto me, O my nation; 

For a law shall go forth from me, 

And I will make my judgment to rest for a light to the people. 

My justice is near; my salvation is gone forth, 
And mine arm shall judge the people. 

The isles shall wait for me, 

And on mine arm shall they trust. 

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, 
And look upon the earth beneath; 

For the heavens shall vanish like smoke, 
And the earth shall wax old like a garment, 

And they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; 

But my salvation shall be for ever, 

And my justice shall not be abolished. 

Hearken unto me, ye that know justice, 
Ye people, in whose heart is my law; 

Fear ye not the reproach of men, 

Neither be ye afraid of their revilings. 

For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, 
And the worm shall eat them like wool. 

But my justice shall be for ever, 

And my salvation from generation to generation. 

Isaiah si: 1-8. 



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67. 

The New Church will be established by the Lord among those with whom 
there was no Church before. 

Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; 
Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, 
Thou that didst not travail with child: 

For more are the children of the desolate 

Than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord. 

Enlarge the place of thy tent, 

And let them stretch the curtains of thy habitations; 

Spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; 
For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; 

And thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, 

And make the desolate cities to be inhabited. 

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Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed; 
Neither shalt thou be confounded; 

For thou shalt not be put to shame; 

For thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, 

And shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. 

For thy Maker is thy husband; 
The Lord of hosts is His name; 

And thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; 
The God of the whole earth shall He be called. 

For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, 
And a wife of youth when thou wast refused, saith thy God. 

For a small moment have I forsaken thee; 
But with great mercies will I gather thee. 

In a flood of wrath did I hide my face from thee for a moment; 
But with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, 
Saith the Lord thy Redeemer. 



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For this is as the waters of Noah unto me; 

For I have sworn that they should no more pass over the earth. 
So have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. 

For the mountains shall depart, and the hills shall be removed; 
But my mercy shall not depart from thee; 

Neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, 
Saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee. 

Isaiah 54; 1-10. 

68. 

Those will receive truths gratis from the Lord who repent 
of their sins. 

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, 
And he that hath no money, come ye, buy, and eat; 

Yea, come, buy wine and milk, 

Without money, and without price. 

Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread ? 
And your labor for that which satisfieth not ? 

Hearken diligently unto me, and eat that which is good, 
And let your soul delight itself in fatness. 

Incline your ear, and come unto me; 
Hear, and your soul shall live; 

And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, 
Even the sure mercies of David. 

Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, 
A leader and commander to the people. 

Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, 
And nations which know thee not shall run unto thee; 

Because of the Lord thy God, 
And for the Holy One of Israel; 
For He hath glorified thee. 



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Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, 
Call ye upon Him while He is near; 

Let the wicked forsake his way, 

And the unrighteous man his thoughts; 

And let him return to the Lord, 

And He will have mercy upon him; 

And unto our God, 

For He will abundantly pardon. 

Isaiah 55: 1-7, 

69. 

A New Church will exist which will acknowledge the Lord. 

For Zion 's sake will I not hold m}^ peace, 
And for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, 

Until the justice thereof shall go forth as brightness, 
And the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. 

And the Gentiles shall see thy justice, 
And all kings thy glory; 

And thou shalt be called by a new name, 
Which the mouth of the Lord shall declare. 

And Thou shalt be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, 
And a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. 

Thou shalt no more be called, Forsaken; 

Neither shall thy land any more be called, Desolate. 

But thou shalt be called, Hephzibah, 
And thy land, Beulah; 

For the Lord delighteth in thee, . 
And thy land shall be married. 

For as a young man marrieth a virgin, 
So shall thy sons marry thee; 

And as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, 

So shall thy God rejoice over thee. Isaiah 62: 7-5. 



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70. 

Evangelization concerning the Lord and a New Church to be 
established by Him. 

I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, 
Which shall not hold their peace day nor night; 

Ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, 
And rest not before Him until He establish, 

And until He make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. 

The Lord hath sworn by His right hand 
And by the arm of His strength, 

Surely I will no more give thy corn for meat to thine enemies; 

And the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for which 
thou hast labored. 

But they that gather it shall eat it, 
And they shall praise the Lord; 

And they that gather it shall drink it 
In the courts of my holiness. 

Go through, go through the gates; 
Make ready the way of the people; 

Prepare ye, prepare ye the highway; 
Gather out the stones; 

Lift up a standard for the people. 

Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed, 
Even to the end of the earth, 

Say ye to the daughter of Zion, 
Behold, thy salvation cometh. 

Behold, His reward is with Him, 
And His work before Him. 

And they shall call them, The holy people, 
The redeemed of the Lord; 

And thou shalt be called, Sought out, 
A city not forsaken. 

Isaiah 62: 6-12. 



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71. 

Un/ess the Lord comes with Divine Power no one can be saved, 
for all are in sins. 

Oh, that Thou- wouldest rend the heavens, 
That Thou wouldest come down, 

That the mountains might flow down at Thy presence. 

As the fire kindleth the stubble, 
The fire maketh the waters to boil, 

To make Thy name known to Thine enemies; 
The nations tremble before Thee. 

When Thou didst terrible things, 
Which we looked not for 

Thou earnest down, 

The mountains flowed down at Thy presence. 

For since the beginning men have not heard, 
Nor perceived by the ear, 

Neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside Thee, 

What He hath prepared for him that waiteth for Him. 

Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and doeth justice, 
Those that remember Thee in Thy ways. 

Behold, Thou art wroth, 

And we have sinned continually, 
And we have transgressed. 

And we are all as an unclean thing, 

And all our righteousness is as filthy rags; 

And we all do fade as a leaf; 

And our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. 

And there is none that calleth upon Thy name, 
That stirreth up himself to take hold on Thee. 

For Thou hast hid Thy face from us, 

And hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. 

But now, O Lord, Thou art our Father; 
We are the clay, and Thou our potter; 
And we are all the work of Thy hand. 

Isaiah 64; 1 



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72, 

The Lord alone reigns, and human intelligence is nothing. 

The Lord is the true God, the living God, 
And the everlasting King. 

At His wrath the earth doth tremble; 

And the nations are not able to abide His indignation. 

Thus shall }*e sa}~ unto them, 

The gods that have not made heaven and earth, 

They shall perish from the earth, 
And from under the heavens. 

He hath made the earth by His power, 

He hath established the world by His wisdom, 

And hath stretched out the heavens by His intelligence. 

When He uttereth His voice, there is a multitude of waters in the 
heavens, 

And He maketh vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; 

He maketh lightnings with rain, 

And bringeth the wind out of His treasuries. 

Every man is foolish in his knowledge, 

Every founder is put to shame by his graven images. 

For his molten image is a lie, 
And there is no breath in them. 

Thej' are vanity, and the work of errors; 

In the time of their visitation they shall perish. 

The portion of Jacob is not like them ; 
For He is the Former of all things; 

And Israel is the rod of His inheritance; 
The Lord of hosts is His name. 

Jeremiah 10: 10-16. 

73. 

There is no truth and good left in the Church, and man is nothing 
but evil. A prayer for mercy. 

O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, 
Do Thou it for Thy names' sake. 



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For our backslidings are many; 
We have sinned against Thee. 

O Thou Hope of Israel, the Savior thereof in time of trouble, 
Why shouldest Thou be as a stranger in the land, 
And as a wayfarer that tarrieth for a night ? 

W T hy shouldest Thou be as a man astonished, 
As a mighty man that cannot save ? 

Yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, 
And we are called by Thy name; 
Forsake us not. 

We acknowledge our wickedness, O Lord, 
And the iniquity of our fathers; 
For we have sinned against Thee. 

Abhor us not, for Thy name's sake, 
Disgrace not the throne of Thy glory; 

Remember; break not Thy covenant with us. 

Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain 
Or can the heavens give showers ? 

Art Thou not He, O Lord our God ? 
Therefore we will wait upon Thee; 
For Thou hast made all these things. 

Jeremiah 14: 7-22. 

74. 

They who trust in themselves will be separated from God; but they who 
trust in the Lord will have every good. 

Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, 
And maketh flesh his arm, 

And whose heart departeth from the Lord. 

For he shall be like the heath in the desert, 
And shall not see when good cometh; 

But he shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, 
In a salt land and not inhabited. 



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Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, 
. And whose hope the Lord is. 

For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, 
And that sendeth out his roots by the river; 

And he shall not see when heat cometh, 
But his leaf shall be green; 

And he shall not.be anxious in the year of drought, 
Neither shall he cease from bearing fruit. 

The heart is deceitful above all things, 
And desperately wicked; 
Who can know it ? 

I the Lord search the heart, and try the reins, 
Kven to give every man according to his ways, 
And according to the fruit of his doings. 

As the partridge sitteth, and hatcheth not; 
So is he that getteth riches, and not by right; 

He shall leave them in the midst of his daj'S, 
And at his end shall be a fool. 

As His glorious high throne from the beginning, 
So is the place of our sanctuary. 

O Lord, Thou Hope of Israel, all that forsake Thee shall be ashamed, 
And they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, 

Because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters. 

Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; 
Save me, and I shall be saved;. 
For Thou art my praise. 

Jeremiah iy: 5-14. 

75. 

Combat of the Lord with the hells; consolation and victory. 

It is of the mercy of the Lord that we are not consumed, 
Because His compassions fail not. 

They are new every morning; 
Great is Thy faithfulness. 



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The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; 
Therefore will I hope in Him. 

The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, 
To the soul that seeketh Him. 

It is good that a man should hope, 

And quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. 

It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth; 
He shall sit alone and keep silence, 
When he hath laid it upon him. 

He shall put his mouth in the dust; 
If so be there may be hope. 

He shall give his cheek to the smiter; 
He is filled with reproach. 

For the Lord will not cast off for ever; 

But though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion, 
According to the multitude of His mercies. 

For He doth not afflict willingly, 
Nor grieve the children of men ; 

To crush under His feet all the prisoners of the earth, 

To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, 

To turn aside a man in his cause, 
The Lord appro veth not. 

Let us search and try our ways, 
And turn again to the Lord. 

Let us lift up our hearts with our hands 
Unto God in the heavens. 



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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS FROM EXODUS. 

And God spake all these words, saying: 

I am the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out 
of the house of bondage. 

Thou shalt have no other gods before my face. Thou shalt not make 
unto thee a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in the heaven 
above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; 
thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I the Lord thy 
God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, 
unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and showing 
mercy unto a thousand generations of them that love me and keep my 
commandm ents . 

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord 
will not hold him innocent that taketh His name in vain. 

Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor 
and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God; 
in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy 
manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy beast, nor thy stranger that is 
within thy gates; for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, 
and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; wherefore the Lord 
blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it. 

Honor thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long upon the 
land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 

Thou shalt not kill. 

Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

Thou shalt not steal. 

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. 
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house. 

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his 
maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's. 

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2. 

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS FROM DEUTERONOMY. 

Hear, O Israel" the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears 
this day, that ye may learn them, and keep and do them. 

I am the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of 
the house of bondage. 

Thou shalt have no other gods before my face. Thou shalt not make 
unto thee a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in the heaven 
above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I the Lord thy 
God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, 
unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and showing 
mercy unto a thousand generations of them that love me and keep my 
commandments. 

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, for the Lord 
will not hold him innocent that taketh His name in vain. 

Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded 
thee. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work; but the seventh day is 
the sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor 
thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor 
thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within 
thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. 
And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the 
Lord thy God brought thee out thence by a mighty hand and by a stretched 
out arm; therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath 
day. 

Honor thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded 
thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee in 
the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 

Thou shalt not kill. 

Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

Thou shalt not steal. 

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. 
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife. 

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, his field, or his manservant, 
or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is thy neighbor's. 



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3. 

THE COMMANDMENTS IN BRIEF. I. 
From the True Christian Religion. 
And God spake all these words, saying: 

I am the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out 
of the house of bondage. 

Thou shalt have no other gods before my face. 

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, for the Lord 
will not hold him innocent that taketh His name in vain. 

Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor 
and do all thy work, but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God. 

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the 
land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 

Thou shalt not kill. 

Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

Thou shalt not steal. 

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. 
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house. 

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his 
maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's. 

4. 

THE COMMANDMENTS IN BRIEF. II. 

And God spake all these words saying, I am the Lord thy God. 

Thou shalt have no other gods before my face. 

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. 

Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. 

Honor thy father and thy mother. 

Thou shalt not kill. 

Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

Thou shalt not steal. 

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. 
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house. 

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his 
maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's. 

5. 

THE GREAT COMMANDMENT. 

Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord; and thou shalt love the 
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy 
strength. — Deuteronomy 6: 4, 5. 



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6. 

THE TWO GREAT COMMANDMENTS. 

Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord; and thou shalt love the 
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, 
and with all thy strength. This is the first and great commandment; and the 
second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two 
commandments hang all the law and the prophets. — Matthew 22: 37-40. 
Mark 12: 29-31. 

7. 

THE NEW COMMANDMENT. 

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another, as I have 
loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life 
for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. — 
John 13: 34. 15: 12, 13. 

8. 

EXHORTATIONS. 
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying: 

Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto 
them, Ye shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. Ye shall not 
steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. And ye shall not swear 
by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God; I am 
the Lord. Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, neither rob him; the wages 
of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. 
Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, 
but shalt fear thy God; I am the Lord. Ye shall do no unrighteousness in 
judgment; thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person 
of the mighty; but in justice shalt thou judge thy neighbor. Thou shalt not 
go up and down as a tale bearer among thy people; neither shalt thou stand 
against the blood of thy neighbor; I am the Lord. Thou shalt not hate thy 
brother in thine heart; thou shalt rebuke thy neighbor, but not suffer sin upon 
him. Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy 
people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself; I am the Lord. There- 
fore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them; I 
am the Lord. — Leviticus ig: /, 2, 11 -18, 37. 

9. 

Now therefore hear, O Israel, the statutes and the judgments which I 
teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land 
which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. Ye shall not add unto the 
word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish aught from it, that ye 
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For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as is the 
Lord our God in all things that we call upon Him for ? And what nation is 
there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so just as all this law, which 
I set before you this day ? Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul dil- 
igently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they 
depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but teach them to thy sons, 
and thy sons' sons. Know ye therefore this day, and consider in thine 
heart, that the Lord He is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath; 
and there is none else. Thou shalt keep therefore His statutes and His 
commandments, which I command Thee this day, that it may go well with 
thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days 
upon the land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever. — Deutero?wmy 4: 
1-40. 

10. 

Ye shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God hath commanded 
you; ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. Ye shall walk 
in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may 
live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in 
the land which ye shall possess. Now these are the commandments, the 
statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach 
you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it; that thou 
mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all His statutes and His command- 
ments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the 
days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. Hear therefore, O 
Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may 
increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the 
land that floweth with milk and honey. — Deuteronomy 3: 32, 33; 6: 1-3. 

11. 

Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord; and thou shalt love the 
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart; and 
thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them 
when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when 
thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a 
sign upon thy hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And 
thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. And 
it shall be when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land 
which He sware unto thy fathers, beware lest thou forget the Lord, which 
brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 
Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve Him, and shalt swear by His 
name. Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted Him in Massah. 
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testimonies, and His statutes, which He hath commanded thee. And thou 
shalt do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord; that it may be well 
with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the 
Lord sware unto thy fathers. Therefore the Lord commanded us to do all 
these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that He might 
preserve us alive, as- it is at this day. — Deuteronomy 6: 4-24. 

12, 

Know ye therefore that the Lord thy God, He is God, the true God, 
which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His 
commandments to a thousand generations ; and repay eth them that hate Him 
to their face, to destroy them; He will not be slack to him that hat eth Him, 
He will repay him to his face. Thou shalt therefore keep the command- 
ments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, 
to do them. Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judg- 
ments, and keep, and do them, that the L/ord thy God shall keep unto thee 
the covenant and the mercy which He sware unto thy fathers; and He will 
love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; He will also bless the fruit of 
thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the 
increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which He sware 
unto thy fathers to give thee. — Deuteronomy 7: 9 73. 

13. 

All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe 
to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which 
the Lord sware unto your fathers. And thou shalt remember all the way 
which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to 
humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether 
thou wouldest keep His commandments, or no. Thou shalt also consider in 
thy heart, that as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasten eth 
thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to 
walk in His ways and to fear Him. Beware that thou forget not the Lord 
thy God, in not keeping His commandments, and His judgments and His 
statutes which I command thee this day; lest thy heart be lifted up and thou 
forget the Lord thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, 
from the house of bondage; and thou say in thy heart, my power and the might 
of my hand hath gotten me this wealth. But thou shalt remember the Lord 
thy God; for it is He that giveth thee power to get wealth, that He may 
establish His covenant which He sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. 
And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after 
other gods and serve them and worship them, I testify against you this day 
that ye shall surely perish. As the nations which the Lord destroyed before 
your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not obey the voice of the Lord 
your God. — Deuteronomy 8: 1-20. 



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14. 

And now, O Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to 
fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, and to serve 
the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, to keep the com- 
mandments of the Lord and His statutes, which I command thee this day for 
thy good? Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the ford's thy 
God, and the earth with all that therein is. Only the Lord had a delight in 
thy fathers to love them, and He chose their seed after them, even you above 
all people, as it is this day. Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, 
and be no more stiffnecked. For the Lord your God is God of gods, and 
Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty and a terrible, which regardeth not per- 
sons, nor taketh reward; He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and 
widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. Love ye 
therefore the stranger; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Thou 
shalt fear the Lord thy God; Him shalt thou serve, and to Him shalt thou 
cleave, and swear by His name. He is thy praise, and He is thy God, that 
hath done for thee these great and terrible things which thine eyes have 
seen. — Deuteronomy 10: 12-21. 

15. 

Ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command 
you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve Him with all your heart 
and with all your soul. Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not 
deceived, and ye turn aside and serve other gods and worship them; and the 
Lord's wrath be kindled against you, and He shut up the heaven, that there 
be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly 
from off the good land which the Lord giveth you. Behold I set before you 
this day a blessing and a curse; a blessing, if ye obey the commandments of 
the Lord your God which I command you this day; and a curse, if ye will not 
obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way 
which I command you this day, to go after other gods which ye have not 
known. Therefore ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments 
which I set before you this day. — Deuteronomy 11: 13-32. 

16. 

Thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep His com- 
mandments and His statutes, which are written in this book of the law; and 
thou shalt turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy 
soul. For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hid- 
den from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest 
say, Who shall go up for us to heaven and bring it unto us, that we may hear 
it and do it ? Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall 
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But the Word is nigh unto thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart, that thou 
mayest do it. See, I have set before thee this day, life and good, and death 
and evil; in that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk 
in His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judg- 
ments, that thou mayest live and multiply; and the Lord thy God shall bless 
thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. But if thine heart turn 
away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away and worship other 
gods and serve them; I denounce unto you this day that ye shall surely perish, 
and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest 
over Jordan to possess it. I call heaven and earth to record this day against 
you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore 
choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live; that thou mayest love the 
Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey His voice, and that thou mayest 
cleave unto Him; for He is thy life and the length of thy days; that thou 
mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, 
to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them. — Deuteronomy 30: 10-20. 

17, 

COLLECTED PASSAGES. 

Take heed and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people 
of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy 
God, and do His commandments and His statutes, which I command thee 
this day. — Deuteronomy 27: 9, 10. 

For the Lord shall greatly bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God 
giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it; if only thou shalt hearken to the 
voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I 
command thee this day; for the Lord thy God shall bless thee, as He spake 
unto thee. — Deuteronomy 13: 4-6. 

Thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep all His 
commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in 
the eyes of the Lord thy God. — Deuteronomy 13: 18. 

Thou shalt hearken to the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I 
command thee this day, to observe and to do them. And thou shalt not go 
aside from any of the words which I command thee, to the right hand, or to 
the left, to go after other gods to serve them.— Deuteronomy 28: 13, 14. 

Thou shalt turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt obey His voice according 
to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thy 
heart, and with all thy soul. And the Lord thy God will circumcise thy 
heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thy 
heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. — Deuteronomy 30: 2, .6. 

Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep His charge, 
and His statutes, and His judgments, and His commandments, always. — 
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These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the 
land, which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the 
days that ye shall live upon the earth. — Deuteronomy 12: 1. 

Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go 
well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that 
which is good and right in the eyes of the Lord thy God. — Deuteronomy 12: 28. 

Thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command 
thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, and to walk in His ways all the days 
of thy life. — Deuteronomy 19: 9. 

Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear Him, and keep His com- 
mandments, and obey His voice, and ye shall serve Him and cleave unto 
Him. — Deuteronomy 13: 4. 

For the Lord your God trieth you, to know whether ye love the Lord 
your God with all your heart, and with all your soul. — Deuteronomy 13: 3. 

What thing soever I command you, observe to do it; thou shalt not add 
thereto, nor diminish from it. — Deuteronomy 12: 32. 

Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, 
which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this 
law. — Deuteronomy 32: 46. 

For your eyes have seen all the great work of the Lord which He hath 
done. Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you 
this day, that ye may be strong, and that ye may prolong your days in the 
land, which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their 
seed, a land flowing with milk and honey. — Deuteronomy 11: 7-9. 

Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may 
prosper in all that ye do. — Deuteronomy 29: 9. 

Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before 
mine eyes; cease to do evil; learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the 
oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead the cause of the widow. Come now, 
and let us reason together, saith the Lord; though your sins be as scarlet, 
they shall be white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be 
as wool. — Isaiah 1: 16-18. 

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no 
money; come ye, buy and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money 
and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not 
bread ? and your labor for that which satisfieth not ? Hearken diligently 
unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in 
fatness. Incline your ear and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live; 
and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the sure mercies of David. 
Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near. 
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let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and unto our 
God, for He will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, 
neither are your ways my ways, saith the I,ord. For as the heavens are higher 
than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than 
your thoughts. — Isaiah 55; 1-9. 

Thus saith the Iyord of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and 
your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. For if ye thoroughly 
amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute judgment be- 
tween a man and his neighbor; if ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, 
and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after 
other gods to your hurt; then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the 
land which I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.— Jeremiah 7:3-7. 

Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and 
walk ye in all the ways I have commanded you, that it may be well unto 
you.— -Jeremiah 7: 23. 

Blessed be the man that obeyeth the words of this covenant, which I 
commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land 
of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my words and do them, ac- 
cording to all which I command you; so shall ye be my people, and I will be 
your Qo&— Jeremiah 11: 3, 4. 

Return ye now, every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, 
and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land 
which I have given to you, and to your fathers. Incline your ears, therefore, 
and hearken unto me— Jeremiah 33: 13. 

The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity 
of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the justice 
of the just shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon 
him. But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, 
and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall 
surely live, he shall not die. All his transgressions that he hath committed, 
they shall not be mentioned to him; in his righteousness that he hath done 
he shall live. When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, 
and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done 
he shall die. Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness 
that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall 
save his soul alive. Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his 
transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 
Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his 
ways, saith the Lord Qod-.—Esekiel 18; 20-30, 



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I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance; but he that cometh 
after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear; He shall 
baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and with fire. — Matthew j: n . 

2. 

Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 
Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the 
meek; for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger 
and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be filled. Blessed are the 
merciful; for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart; for 
they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called 
the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for the sake of 
righteousness; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when 
men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil 
against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad; for great 
is your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets which were 
before you. — Matthew 5: 3-12. 

3. 

Whosoever shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach 
men so, he shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whosoever 
shall do and teach, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. — 
Matthew 5: 19. 

4. 

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; 
and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment; but I say unto 
you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in 
danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall 
be in danger of the council; but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in 
danger of hell fire. —Matthew 5: 21, 22. 

5. 

If thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy 
brother hath aught against thee; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go 
thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy 
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6. 

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit 
adultery; but I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust 
after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. — Matthew 
5= 27,28. ^ 

Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and 
hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, L,ove your enemies, bless them that 
curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despite - 
fulh- use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father 
which is in heaven; for He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the 
good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. — Matthew 5: 43-45. 

8. 

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust 
doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal; but lay up for 
yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, 
and where thieves do not break through nor steal; for where your treasure is, 
there will your heart be also.— Matthew 6: 19-21. 

9. 

Take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? 
or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? For after all these things do the 
Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all 
these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His justice; and 
all these things shall be added unto you. — Matthew 6: 31-33. 

10. 

Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye 
shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you 
again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but 
considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye ? Or how wilt thou say to 
thy brother, L,et me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is 
in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own 
eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's 
eve. — Matthew 7: 1-5. 

11. 

All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even 
so to them; for this is the law and the prophets. — Matthew 7: 12. 

12. 

Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, 
that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat; because 
strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few 
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13. 

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Ivord, shall enter into the king- 
dom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. — 
Matthew f: 21. 

14. 

Whosoever heareth these sayings ofjmine, and doeth them, I will' liken 
him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock; and the rain de- 
scended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; 
and it fell not; for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth 
these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish 
man, which built his house upon the sand; and the rain descended, and the 
floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell; and 
great was the fall of it. — Matthew 7: 24.-27. 

15. 

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and 
he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he 
that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. — 
Matthew 10: 37, 38. 

16. 

All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the 
blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven unto men. And 
whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; 
but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, 
neither in this world, neither in the world to come. — Matthew 12: 31, 32. 

17. 

A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good 
things; and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall 
give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be 
justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.— Matthew 12: 35-37. 

18. 

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which 
cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. For whatsoever entereth in at 
the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught. But those 
things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they 
defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adul- 
teries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies; these are the things 
which defile a man; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man. — 
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19. 

Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates 
of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the 
kingdom of heaven ; and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound 
in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in 
heaven. — Matthew 16: 18, 19. 

20. 

If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his 
cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; and 
whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. — Matthew 16: 24, 25. 

21. 

Kxcept ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter 
into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as 
this little child, the] same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And 
whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. But 
whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better 
for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were 
drowned in the depth of the sea. — Matthew 18: 3-6. 

22. 

If two of you shall agree in my name on earth as touching any thing that 
they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. 
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the 
midst of them.— Matthew iS: 19, 20. 

23. 

And behold, one came and said unto Him, Good Master, what good thing 
shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And He said unto him, Why callest 
thou me good? there is none good but the one God; but if thou wilt enter 
into life, keep the commandments. He saith unto Him, Which? Jesus saith, 
Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not 
steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honor thy father and mother; and, 
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. The young man saith unto Him, 
All these things have I kept from my youth up; what lack I yet? Jesus said 
unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell what thou hast, and give to the 
poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come and follow me. — 
Matthew 19: 16-21. 

24. 

Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only 
do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say to this mountain, 
Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. And all 
things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer believing, ye shall receive. — 
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25. 

Be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye 
are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth; for one is your 
Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters; for one is your 
Master, even Christ. But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. 
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and he that shall hum- 
ble himself shall be exalted. — Matthew 23: 812. 

26. 

Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, 
and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, 
and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken; and then shall appear the 
sign of the Son of Man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth 
mourn; and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven 
with power and great glory. And He shall send His angels with a great 
sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four 
winds, from one end of heaven to the other . — Matthew 24: 29-31. 

27. 

Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not 
to be set on a candlestick? For there is nothing hid, which shall not be man- 
ifested; neither was anything kept secret, but that it should come abroad. 
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. — Mark 4: 21-23. 

28. 

Whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous 
and sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of Man be ashamed, when 
He cometh in the glory of His Father, with the holy angels. — Mark 8: 38. 

29. 

When ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any; that your 
Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye 
do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your 
trespasses. — Mark u: 23, 26. 

30. 

And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord 
shone round about them; and the} 7 were sore afraid. And the angel said unto 
them, Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which 
shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a 
Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall 
find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And sud- 
denly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, 
and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward 
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31. 

Ivet 3'our loins be girded about, and your lights burning; and ye your- 
selves like unto men that wait for their L,ord, when He will return from the 
wedding; that, when He cometh and knocketh, they may open unto Him im- 
mediately. Blessed are those servants, whom the Iyord when He cometh 
shall find watching; verily I say unto you, that He shall gird Himself, and 
make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. — Luke 
I2: 35S7. 

32, 

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the 
Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were 
made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made. In 
Him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in 
darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. That was the true light, 
which light eth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, 
and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. He came 
unto His own, and His own received Him not. But as many as received Him, 
to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe 
on His name; which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor 
of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt 
among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the 
Father, full of grace and truth.— John 1: 1-14. 

33. 

Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into 
the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that 
which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye 
must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest 
the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth; 
so is every one that is born of the Spirit.— John 3: 5-8. 

34. 

As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son 
of man be lifted up; that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but 
have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only 
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have 
everlasting life. For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the 
world; but that the world through Him might be saved.— John 3: 14-17. 

35. 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the 
dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live. 
Marvel not at this; for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the 
graves shall hear His voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, 
unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resur- 
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36. 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me hath everlasting 
life. I am that bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, 
and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a 
man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came down 
from heaven; if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever; and the 
bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the 
world.— John 6: 47-51. 

37. 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, 
and drink His blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and 
drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. 
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth 
my flesh and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.— John 6: 



My doctrine is not mine, but His that sent me. If any man will do His 
will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak 
of myself. He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory; but He that 
seeketh His glory that sent Him, the same is true, and no injustice is in Him. 
—John 7: 16-18. 

39. 

If ye abide in my Word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall 
know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant 
abideth not in the house forever; but the Son abideth ever. If the Son 
therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. — John 8: 31-36. 

40. 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All that ever 
came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them. 
I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in 
and out, and find pasture.— John 10: 7-g. 

41. 

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; and I 
give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any 
man pluck them out of my hand. My Father which gave them me, is greater 
than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and 
my Father are one.— John 10: 27-30. 

42. 

Ye call me Master and L,ord; and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, 
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another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I 
have done to you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater 
than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. If ye 
know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.— John 13: 13-17. 

43. 

Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in Him. If God 
be glorified in Him, God shall also glorify Him in Himself, and shall straight- 
way glorify Him. Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye 
shall seek me; and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so 
now I say to you. A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one 
another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall 
all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. —John 
13' 31-35. 

44. 

Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in me. 
In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have 
told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place 
for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, 
there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. I 
am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by 
me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also; and from 
henceforth ye know Him, and have seen Him. He that hath seen me hath 
seen the Father.— -John 14: 1-9. 

45. 

If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, 
and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever; 
even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him 
not, neither knoweth Him; but ye know Him; for he dwell eth with you, and 
shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you.— John 
14: 13-18. 

46. 

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth 
me; and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, 
and will manifest myself to him.— -John 14: 21. 

47. 

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, ex- 
cept it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the 
vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same 
bringeth forth much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing. If a man 
abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather 
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and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done 
unto you.—; John 15: 4-7 . 

48. 

Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my 
disciples. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you; continue ye in 
my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as 
I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in His love. These 
things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that 
your joy might be full.— Jo/in 15: 8-1 1. 

49. 

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his 
friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Hence- 
forth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord 
doeth; but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my 
Father I have made known unto you. These things I command you, that ye 
love one another. —John 15: 12-ij. 

50. 

Grace be unto you, and peace, from Him who is, and who was, and who 
is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before His throne; and 
from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstbegotten of the dead, 
and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto Him that loved us, and 
washed us from our sins in His own blood, and hath made us kings and 
priests unto God and His Father; to Him be glory and dominion for ever and 
ever. Amen. — Revelation 1: 4-6. 

51. 

Behold, He cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see Him, and they 
a4so which pierced Him; and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of 
Him. Even so, Amen. I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the 
Knd, saith the I/ord, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty. 
— Revelation 1: 7, 8. 

52. 

These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed 
their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are 
they before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple; 
and He that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall 
hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on 
them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall 
feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of water; and God 
shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. — Revelation 7: 14-17. 

53. 

And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the 
voice of a great thunder; and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their 
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four beasts, and the elders; and no man could learn that song but the hundred 
and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. These 
are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These 
are they which follow the Iyamb whithersoever He goeth. These were re- 
deemed from among men, being the first fruits unto God and to the Iyamb. 
And in their mouth was found no guile; for they are without fault before the 
throne of God. — Revelation 14: 2-5. 

54. 

And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of 
many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia; for 
the Iyord God Omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give 
glory to Him; for the marriage of the Iyamb is come, and His wife hath made 
herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine 
linen, clean and white; for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And 
He saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage 
supper of the Iyamb. And He saith unto me, These are the true sayings of 
God.— Revelation 19: 6-9. 

55. 

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the 
first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I, John, saw 
the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared 
as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven 
saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with 
them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, 
and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and 
there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there 
be any more pain; for the former things are passed away. — Revelation 21: 1-4. 

56. 

And I saw no temple therein; for the Iyord God Almighty and the Iyamb 
are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the 
moon, to shine in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Iyamb is the 
light thereof. And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the 
light of it; and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it. 
And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day; for there shall be no night 
there. And they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it. And 
there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever 
worketh abomination, or maketh a lie; but they which are written in the 
Iyamb' s book of life. — Revelation 21: 22-27. 

57. 

And behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every 
man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning 
and the End, the First and the Iyast. Blessed are they that do His com- 
mandments, that they may have power in the tree of life, and may enter in 
through the gates into the city. — Revelation 22: 12-14, 



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GENERAL CONFESSIONS OF FAITH. 
1. 

I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the almighty and everlasting God, the 
Maker of heaven and earth, the Redeemer and Savior of the world. 

I believe in the Sacred Scripture, the Word of God, the Fountain of 
wisdom, the Source of life, and the Way to heaven. 

I believe in the Second Coming of the Lord, in the Spiritual Sense of the 
Word, and in the Heavenly Doctrine of the New Jerusalem. 

I believe in the New Angelic Heaven, in the New Christian Church, in 
the communion of angels and men, in repentance from sin, in the life of 
charity, in the resurrection of man, in the judgment after death, and in the 
life everlasting. 

2. 

The Lord Jesus Christ is the one only God, in whom is the Divine Trinity 
of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; who came into the world to subjugate the 
hells and glorify His Human; who removed hell from man by combats against 
it and victories over it; who reduced hell into order and under obedience to 
Himself; who united the Human, which He assumed in the world, to the 
Divine in Himself; who admitted temptations into His Human, even to the 
last of them, which was the Passion of the Cross. Without this Divine Work 
no mortal could have been saved, and they are saved who live well and believe 
in Him. 

3, 

I believe in the one only living and true God, our Lord and Savior Jesus 
Christ, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; who as God incarnate did come into 
the world and take upon Himself our nature; who endured temptation even 
to the Passion of the Cross, and overcame the hells; who glorified His 
Human, and took upon Himself all power in heaven and on earth. Without 
Him no mortal could have been saved; and they are saved who believe in Him 
and keep the commandments of His Word. 

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4. 

There is one God, in whom is the Divine Trinity of Father, Son, and 
Holy Spirit; and this one God, in His Divine Human, is our Lord and Savior 
Jesus Christ. 

The Sacred Scripture is the Word of God and the Divine Truth itself, 
Divinely inspired and holy in every syllable; and by it there is consociation 
with the angels and conjunction with God. 

Saving faith is to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and to follow Him by 
keeping the commandments of His Word. 

All religion has relation to life, and the life of religion is to do good; 
whoever lives well is saved, and whoever lives ill is condemned. 

The Second Coming of the Lord is not a coming in Person, but in His 
Word, which is from Him and is Himself. 

The Lord in His Second Coming reveals the spiritual sense of the Word, 
whereby a New Church is to be established on earth, which is the New 
Jerusalem. 

The New Church is the crown of all the churches that have hitherto been 
in the world. 

5. 

There is one God, in whom is the Divine Trinity, and the Lord Jesus 
Christ is that God. 

Saving faith is to believe in Him. 

Evil is to be shunned because it is of the devil and from the devil. 
Good is to be done because it is of God and from God. 
And it is to be done by man as from himself; but he is to believe that it 
is from the Lord in him and by him. 

6. 

The Lord our Savior Jesus Christ is the God of heaven and earth, the God 
of all flesh, the God of the vineyard or the church, the God of faith, the Light 
itself, the Eternal Life. 

The Lord is the Word, which in the beginning was with God, and was 
God, and which was made flesh and dwelt among us, that we might behold 
His glory, full of grace and truth. 

The Lord alone is Life, and men and angels are recipients of life from 
Him, and they are so far recipients as they live the life of religion, which is 
to do good. 

No man can do good, which is good, from himself; but so far as he shuns 
evils as sins, he does good, not from himself, but from the Lord. 



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7. 



I believe in the Lord our Savior Jesus Christ, who is one God and one 
Lord in one Divine Person; who is Jehovah God in the human form, the God 
of heaven and earth, and the only object of our love and worship; who came 
into the world to glorify His Human and redeem and save the human race; 
and all are saved who believe in Him and keep His commandments. 

8. 

Jehovah God came into the world to reduce into order all things in 
heaven, all things in hell, and all things in the church; for the power of hell 
did then prevail over the power of heaven, and on earth the power of evil 
over the power of good, and a total damnation stood before the doors and 
threatened. This impending damnation the Lord removed by means of His 
Human, and thus He redeemed angels and men; and in His Human He 
united Divine Wisdom to Divine Love, and in His glorified Human He re- 
turned into His Divine, in which He was from eternity. 

Thus it is that without the coming of the Lord into the world no man 
could have been saved. 

It is similar at this day; wherefore without the Lord's coming again into 
the world in the Divine Truth, which is the Word, no man can be saved. 

9. 

The Lord our Savior Jesus Christ is Love itself and Mercy itself; He 
has all wisdom and all knowledge, and is everywhere present. He alone is 
Infinite and Eternal, and He alone has power to save. Conjunction with 
Him is eternal life; and they are conjoined with Him who believe in Him 
and keep His commandments. 

10. 

There is one only Lord God, the Creator of the universe, the Redeemer 
of the world, and the Regenerator of men. 

There is one only Word of God, the Sacred Scripture, in which is a 
spiritual sense now revealed by the Lord out of heaven. 

There is one only saving faith, which is with those who acknowledge the 
Lord and shun evils as sins against Him. 

There is one only Father in heaven, the Lord our Savior Jesus Christ; 
and one only church on earth, the New Church, which is the New Jerusalem. 

U. 

The Lord Jesus Christ in His glorified Human is the true and living God, 
who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Alpha and Omega, the Begin- 
ning and the End, the First and the Last, the Almighty; who is from eternity 
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Wisdom itself, and Life itself; who created all things from His Divine Love 
by His Divine Wisdom; and who forms an angelic heaven, where all may be 
conjoined with Him, who believe in Him and keep the precepts of life com- 
manded in His Word. 

12. 

The Lord our Savior Jesus Christ came into the world to deliver men on 
earth and angels in heaven from the assault and violence of hell, and thus 
from a total damnation which threatened the whole human race; this He ac- 
complished by combats against hell and by victories over it, reducing it into 
order and bringing it under obedience to Himself. By this deliverance from 
universal damnation, by His combats against hell and victories over it, by 
the ordering of the heavens, and by the establishment of a New Church on 
earth, the Lord took unto Himself the power of saving all who believe in 
Him and keep His commandments. 

13. 

The Lord, by His coming, acquired to Himself Divine Power over heaven, 
over hell, and over the world; and by the Divine Power so acquired, He holds 
hell under subjection to eternity, preserves the order and integrity of the 
heavens, conjoins Himself with the human race, and saves every man who 
believes in Him and keeps His commandments. 

14. 

The Lord came into the world to save the human race, without which all 
men would have perished in eternal death; and He saved them by subjugating 
the hells, which infested every man coming into the world and going out of 
the world; and at the same time by glorifying His Human, whereby He is 
able to keep the hells under subjection to eternity. 

The subjugation of the hells by the Lord, and the glorification of His 
Human, was effected by temptations admitted into His Human, and by con- 
tinual victories then; His passion on the cross was the last temptation and 
full victory. 

Unless the Lord had come into the world, and been made man, and in 
this manner had liberated from hell all those who believe in Him and love 
Him, no mortal could have been saved. 

This is what is meant, when it is said that without the Lord there is no 
salvation. 



GENERAL DOCTRINE. 



I. 

ADVENT OF THE LORD. 
l k 

The Lord came into the world in the fulness of time, when He was no 
longer known by the Jews, and when there was not anything of the Church 
remaining; and unless He had then come into the world, and revealed Him- 
self, all mankind would have perished in eternal death. 

The Lord came into the world that He might accomplish the Last Judg- 
ment, and thereby subjugate the hells, which then dominated the human 
race; this was done by temptations admitted into His Human, and by contin- 
ual victories over the hells then assaulting Him; and unless the hells had 
been thus subjugated, no man could have been saved. 

The Lord came into the world to glorify His Human, or unite it to the 
Divine which was in Him from conception. 

The Lord came into the world to institute a New Church, which should 
acknowledge Him as the Redeemer and Savior, and be redeemed and saved 
by love and faith in Him. 

The Lord came into the world to bring heaven into order and make it 
one with the Church on earth. 

The Passion of the Cross was the last temptation by which the Lord fully 
conquered the hells and fully glorified His Human. 

2. 

The human race on this earth would have perished if the Lord had not 
come into the world and subjugated the hells, and at the same time glorified 
the Human which He then assumed. 

If the Most Ancient Church had remained in its state of integrity, there 
would have been no need for the Lord to be born a man; but as soon as that 
Church began to fail, it was foreseen by the Lord that the celestial would 
utterly perish from the earth; therefore a prediction was at once made con- 
cerning the Advent of the Lord into the world, which was at the same time a 
promise that He would come and take upon Himself a human nature and 

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unite it to the Divine, and through this union conjoin the human race to 
Himself by the faith of love and charity. 

Unless the whole process of the L/ord's glorification had been presented 
to view in the Word before the angels of heaven, it would have been necessary 
for the L/ord to come into the world immediately after the fall of the Most 
Ancient Church; and moreover, the human race which existed at that time 
could not have been saved. 

The Ivord therefore came into the world, and put on the human state 
itself with, all its infirmity, in order that by temptation combats He might 
subjugate the hells, and glorify His Human. 

Therefore, unless the Ivord had come, and by Redemption and the Glori- 
fication of His Human had opened the interiors of the Word to men, all com- 
munication with heaven by the Word would have been broken, and the whole 
human race on this earth would have perished. 

3. 

It was known from the most ancient time that the L/ord would come into 
the world and assume a Human through a virgin mother, and thus put on 
the nature of man with all its hereditary evil, in order that He might be 
tempted as to the Human, and by temptation subjugate the hells and glorify 
His Human, and thus save the human race which had removed itself so far 
from the Supreme Divine. 

The whole human race, and the Jewish Church especially, had at length 
so fallen away into falsities and evils that every rite had become idolatrous, and 
the connection between mankind and heaven was altogether broken asunder; 
insomuch that all men must have perished, because there was no church as a 
medium of connection and as a bond of union; therefore the Iyord came into 
the world, and by uniting the Human Essence to the Divine in Himself, 
joined heaven with earth, and at the same time established a New Church 
which was called the Christian Church, whereby men might be associated 
with the angels and conjoined with the Lord through the faith of charity. 

The secret, therefore, of the I/ord's coming was that He might unite in 
Himself the Divine with the Human, and the Human with the Divine, which 
could not have been effected but by the most grievous temptations even to the 
Passion of the Cross. 

By the union so effected, salvation was extended to the whole human 
race, in which there was no longer left any celestial or spiritual good, and 
not even any natural good. 

This union of the Divine and the Human in the Ivord is what saves those 
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II. 

EVANGELIZATION. 
I. 

By evangelization is meant all that in the Word which treats of the Lord, 
and all that in worship which represents Him. For evangelization is the 
announcement of the Lord, of His advent, and of the things which are from 
Him, and which belong to salvation and eternal life. 

As all things of the Word in its inmost sense treat of the Lord alone, and 
all things of worship represent Him, therefore the whole Word is the Evangel 
or Gospel; in like manner all worship, which is performed according to the 
things commanded in the Word; and as priests are set over worship, and also 
teach, therefore by their ministry is signified Worship and Evangelization. 

2. 

This is the Gospel which the Lord commanded to be preached to the 
whole world: 

That Jehovah God Himself came into the world to deliver men and 
angels from the assault and violence of hell, and thus from damnation; 

That He effected this by combats against hell, and by victories over it; 
and that He subjugated hell, reduced it to order, and brought it under sub- 
mission and obedience; 

That after this judgment He also created, that is, formed a New Heaven, 
and through this a New Church; 

That by these things Jehovah God put Himself in the power of saving all 
who believe in Him and do His commandments; 

That thus He redeemed all in the universal world and all in the universal 
heaven; 

That this Gospel is for those who repent, but not for those who from 
purpose transgress against His commandments. 

III. 
FAITH. 
1. 

Faith is the internal acknowledgment of truth, and is not given with 
any but those who are in charity. 

The Christian Faith, in the universal idea, is this: 

The Lord from eternity, who is Jehovah, came into the world to subju- 
gate the hells, and glorify His Human; and without this no mortal could 
have been saved; and they are saved who believe in Him. 

Thus, saving faith is in the L,ord God the Savior Jesus Christ, since He 
is the visible God in whom is the invisible. 



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Faith in the sum is, that he who lives well and believes aright is saved 
by the Lord. 

Man receives faith by going to the Iyord, learning truths from the Word, 
and living according to them. 

Faith without charity is not faith, and charity without faith is not charity, 
and neither lives except from the Iyord. 

The Lord, charity, and faith make one, as life, will, and understanding 
in man; and if they are divided, each perishes like a pearl reduced to powder. 

Charity and faith are together in good works. 

Charity alone does not produce good works, still less faith alone, but 
charity and faith together. 

There is thus the one only true faith, which is in the Ivord God the Savior 
Jesus Christ; and it is with those who believe Him to be the Son of God, the 
God of heaven and earth, and one with the Father. 

IV. 

REPENTANCE. 
1. 

No man can be regenerated until the grievous evils, which make him 
detestable before God, are removed, and they are removed by Repentance. 

Repentance therefore is the first thing of the Church; but the oral con- 
fession alone that one is a sinner is not Repentance. 

Man is born into evils of every kind, and unless they are removed by 
Repentance, he remains in them, and cannot be saved. 

The knowledge of sin, and the exploration of some one sin in one's self, 
begins Repentance. 

Actual Repentance itself is to explore one's self, to know and acknow- 
ledge one's sins, to make supplication to the Ivord, and to begin a new life. 

Man must explore not only the acts of his life, but also the intentions of 
his will, and make confession before the Iyord God the Savior; for He alone 
is God, and He alone has power to save. 

The evils which are to be removed by Repentance are those which are 
forbidden in the commandments of the Decalogue. 

These are in general, murder, enmity, hatred, and revenge; adultery, 
and all obscene and lascivious thought; theft and all fraudulent and unlawful 
gain; false witness, and all lying, hypocrisy and deceit; also the lust of pos- 
sessing the goods of others, and the lust of ruling over them. 

If evil deeds are shunned, and not at the same time the lust of them, 
they are still committed in spirit. 

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2. 

The commandments of the Decalogue contain all things which are of 
love to God, and of love towards the neighbor. 

So far as the evils which are forbidden in the Decalogue are removed by- 
Repentance, heaven draws near and man looks to good. 

So far as any one does not worship other gods, he worships the true God. 

So far as any one does not take the name of God in vain, he loves the 
things which are from God. 

So far as any one does not commit murder, nor act from hatred and 
revenge, he wills well to his neighbor. 

So far as any one does not commit adultery, he wills to live in chastity 
with his wife. 

So far as any one does not steal, he acquires sincerity. 
So far as any one does not bear false witness, he wills to think and speak 
truth. 

So far as any one does not covet the things which belong to his neighbor, 
he wills that the neighbor should have his own. 

Two Canons are to be added for the use of the New Church: 

First, that no one can shun evils as sins, and do the goods which are 
good before God, from himself; but so far as he shuns evils as sins, he does 
good, not from himself, but from the Lord. 

Second, that man ought to shun evils as sins, and fight against them, as 
of himself; and if he shuns them from any other reason whatsoever, than 
because they are sins, he does not shun them, but only causes them not to 
appear before the world. 

3. 

All religion has relation to life, and the life of religion is to do good. 

No one can do good which is good from himself ; but so far as he shuns 
evils as sins he does good, not from himself, but from the Lord. 

If any one does good before he shuns evils as sins, his good is not good. 

So far as any one shuns evils as sins, he loves truths, receives faith, and 
is spiritual. 

Murders adulteries, thefts, false witness, of every kind, with the lust of 

them, are the evils which are to be shunned as sins. 

No one can shun evils as sins, so as to hold them inwardly in aversion, 
except by fighting against them; but he must fight against them as of himself, 
knowing, acknowledging, and believing, that it is from the Iyord. 



REGENERATION. 



V. 

REGENERATION. 
1. 

Man must be born again, and as it were created anew, or he cannot enter 
into the kingdom of God. 

Man is born into evils of every kind, and yet he is born for heaven; but 
he cannot come into heaven, unless he become spiritual, which is effected 
solely by Regeneration. 

The natural man, with its lusts, must be subdued, subjugated, and inverted, 
or he cannot approach a single step toward heaven. 

Regeneration, or the new birth, is effected by the I^ord alone through 
charity and faith, with the cooperation of man. 

The Lord alone acts, and man suffers himself to be acted upon, and co- 
operates in all appearance as of himself, although inwardly from the L,ord. 

The Iyord is continually in the act of regenerating man, because He is 
continually in the act of saving him; and no one can be saved unless he be 
regenerated. 

The Iyord has redeemed all, therefore all can be regenerated, every one 
according to his state. 

The first act of the new birth is called Reformation, which is of the under- 
standing; and the second is called Regeneration, which is of the will and 
thence of the understanding. 

Man is given the faculty of elevating the understanding almost into the 
light in which the angels of heaven are, in order that he may see what he 
ought to will and do, and bring himself under obedience to it. 

The internal man is first reformed, and by it the external, and thus is 
man regenerated. 

The regenerate man receives a new will and a new understanding, and is 
consociated with the angels of heaven, and conjoined with the Ivord. 

2. 

All those who are to be regenerated must undergo spiritual temptations, 
which are induced by evil spirits with those who are in good; for when these 
spirits excite the evils of man, the anxiety of temptation arises. 

There are with every man both evil and good spirits; the evil spirits 
excite his evils, and the good spirits his goods, whence arise collision and 
combat, causing interior anxiety and temptation. 

Temptation is distress of mind arising from those things which assault 
the loves; with the celestial, whatever assaults their love to the Lord; with 
the spiritual, whatever assaults their love to the neighbor; with the natural, 
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Natural temptations take place when a man suffers as to his body or the 
world, from disease, misfortune, persecution, punishment, and the like; the 
anxieties which then arise are what are meant by natural temptations. 

The anxiety and distress of spiritual temptations are not on account of 
any loss of natural life, but of faith and charity, and hence of salvation. 

Few at this day are admitted into spiritual temptations; hence they are 
but little known; for there is scarcely any faith, because there is no charity; 
and the church is at its end. 

In all spiritual temptation there is combat or resistance to that which as- 
saults the love, and that which assaults is the falsity of evil; the combat is by 
means of the truth of faith from the Lord. 

Man is not admitted into combat until he is in the knowledges of truth 
and good, and thence has obtained some spiritual life; wherefore the combats 
of temptation do not take place until adult age is reached. 

Temptations are not caused by the Lord, but by the evil in man, which 
evil spirits excite; but the Lord permits temptations for the sake of the end 
regarded, which is the removal of evil, and confirmation in good. 

In all temptation there is doubt concerning the end, and anxiety even to 
despair; in which man is held by the Lord, until there is complete acknow- 
ledgment that all things are of the Lord's mercy, and that man himself is 
nothing but evil. 

The temptations in which man conquers are attended with this effect, 
that he believes others to be more worthy than himself, and that he himself is 
rather infernal than celestial. 

The Lord in the world glorified His Human, or made it Divine, by the 
combats of temptation; in like manner when man is in temptations the Lord 
fights for him, and overcomes the infernal spirits which infest him, and 
glorifies him after temptations, or renders him spiritual. 

3. 

Regeneration cannot be effected except in states of humiliation, in which 
man acknowledges that in himself there is nothing alive and nothing good, 
but that everything alive and everything good is from the Lord. 

Humiliation and submission are the essentials of all worship, "and worship 
without them is not worship, but merely a gesture, in which there is nothing 
of life; for life from the Lord inflows only into the humble and submissive 
heart. 

In humiliation man is in the annihilation of self, yea, in self aversion, 
thus is absent from himself, and is then in a state of receiving life from the 
Lord; for nothing of the love of self or of the world then opposes. 



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No one can ever be in true humiliation unless he knows, acknowledges, 
and believes that all good is from the Lord, and all evil from himself; for he 
then acknowledges that the Lord is the all in all with him, and himself respec- 
tively as nothing; without this acknowledgment man attributes merit to him- 
self, and claims to himself the truth and good which are from the Lord. 

When man is in humiliation, and in confession of heart that he is nothing 
but evil, he then acknowledges that salvation is of the Lord's mercy, that of 
himself he is in hell, and cannot be drawn out thence but by the Lord alone. 

The more man is in this acknowledgment, so much the more is he in hu- 
miliation, consequently so much the more in adoration and true worship, and 
so much the more in love and charity; and in that degree is he a regenerate 
man, as to his spirit in heaven, conjoined with the Lord. 

VI. 

HUMILIATION OF THE LORD. 
1. 

The Lord had two states during His life in the world, the state of His 
Humiliation, and the state of His Glorification. 

When He was in His state of Humiliation, He was, as it were, separate 
from the Divine; in this state He could be assaulted by the hells, and repro- 
bated by men; in this state He could be tempted and suffer, even to the 
Passion of the Cross; in this state He prayed to the Father as to another, or 
as to one absent and remote from Himself; for He was then in the infirm 
Human derived from the mother. 

When He was in His state of Glorification, or when He was conjoined 
with His Divine Good, He could not be tempted by devils in hell, nor suffer 
from men in the world; for the Divine Good cannot be approached, still less 
assaulted. 

It was of Divine Order that the Lord should pass through His state of 
Humiliation; for no otherwise could He have subjugated the hells, no other- 
wise could He have brought hell into order and under obedience, no otherwise 
could He have become Justice and Redemption, no otherwise could He have 
saved the human race, which had removed itself so far away from the Su- 
preme Divine. 

2. 

The Lord's whole life, from His earliest childhood to the last hour of 
His life in the world, was a continual temptation and a continual victory. 

He fought from His own power against all the hells, which encompassed 
Him, and wholly conquered and subdued them; and because He at the same 
time glorified His Human, He holds the hells under subjection to eternity. 



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He fully conquered the hells and glorified His Human by the last temp- 
tation, when on the cross He prayed for His enemies, thus for all on the face 
of the whole earth. 

The Ivord, in His temptation combats, because He fought from pure love 
for the whole human race, could not otherwise than conquer. 

He never fought for Himself, nor that He might become greatest in 
heaven, scarcely with any view of being least, but that all others might have 
some station there, and be saved. 

Thus the Iyord's temptations were the most grievous of all; for the violence 
of the temptation is according to the intensity of the love; against His love 
all the hells fought with the most malignant cunning and venom; but still 
the Ivord overcame them all by His own power. 

Unless this had been done, no flesh could have been saved; for the hells 
are ever with man, and have dominion over him so far as the Lord does not 
remove them; but He so far removes them as man desists from evil. 

Hence the L/ord alone regenerates man, by driving away the hells from 
him, and implanting heaven in their place; for as the Lord subjugated the 
hells, and made His Human Divine, so He subjugates them with man, and 
makes him spiritual. 

VII. 

REDEMPTION. 
1. 

The I/ord came into the world when the Church was wholly devastated, 
and damnation threatened the whole human race. 

To remove this impending damnation, the I/ord took upon Himself a 
Human with its hereditary evils, humbled Himself before the Father, entered 
into combats with the hells, suffered temptations even to despair, and endured 
the Passion of the Cross, thereby fully subjugating the hells and glorifying 
His Human, uniting it with the Divine in which He'was from eternity. 

He executed Judgment, He effected Redemption, He brought salvation 
to man, He established a New Heaven and a New Church, and He conjoins 
with Himself all who are willing to believe in His name and keep the com- 
mandments of His Word. 

2. 

There are two things for which the Iyord came into the world, and by 
which He saved men and angels, — Redemption and the Glorification of His 
Human. 

Redemption was the subjugation of the hells, the ordination of the 
heavens, and thereby a preparation for a new spiritual church on the earth. 



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Without Redemption no man could have been saved, nor could the 
angels have subsisted in a state of integrity. 

Redemption was a work purely Divine, and could not have been ac- 
complished except by God incarnate. 

God not incarnate could not have fought against the hells, and conquered 
them; God not incarnate could not have been tempted, and still less suffer 
the cross; God not incarnate could not have been seen and known, could not 
have been approached and worshipped, and could not have conjoined Him- 
self with men, and men with Him. 

Faith in God not incarnate is not possible, because it is faith in an 
invisible God; and faith in an invisible God is no faith; for what is invisible 
does not fall into any idea of thought; nor can there be any conjunction with 
an invisible God, since all conjunction is by the thought of the understanding 
and at the same time by the affection of the will. 

Redemption, therefore, could not have been effected except by God 
incarnate, and salvation could not otherwise have been given. 

All who believe in God incarnate, and who at the same time live the life 
of faith, which is charity, receive eternal life. 

God incarnate is the Lord God our Savior Jesus Christ. 

3. 

In the end of the church, which was the fulness of time, the Lord came 
into the world to deliver men from the assault and violence of hell. 

The Lord accomplished this deliverance by combats against hell, and by 
victories over it; and thus He subjugated it, reduced it into order, and 
brought it under obedience to Himself. 

After the reduction of the hells, the Lord formed a New Angelic Heaven, 
and a New Church upon the earth; and thus He redeemed all in the world, 
and all in heaven, and took unto Himself the power of saving those who 
believe in Him and keep His commandments. 

4. 

The Last Judgment must be where all are together, thus in the spiritual 
world, and not upon earth; for the interiors of men are not revealed until 
after death. 

The Last Judgment takes place in the end of the church, when there is 
no longer any faith because no charity. 

The Last Judgment has been accomplished; the evil have been cast into 
hell, and the good elevated into heaven; and a New Heaven and a New 
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The Last Judgment was executed upon those who lived from the time of 
the Lord to the present day, but not upon those who lived before; for a Last 
Judgment has existed twice before upon this earth. 

The Ivast Judgment was not executed upon those who were in heaven, 
nor upon those who were in hell, but upon those who were in the midst 
between heaven and hell, and there had made to themselves imaginary 
heavens. 

The Ivast Judgment takes place when the evil are multiplied to such a 
degree under the heavens in the world of spirits, that the angels in heaven 
cannot subsist in the state of their love and wisdom; for then they have no 
support and foundation. 

The Ivast Judgment takes place when the Ivord comes, both in general 
and in particular; in general when He comes into the world, and in partic- 
ular when He comes to each man; and it is also the last judgment with every 
man when he dies; for he then passes into the other life, and is judged either 
to heaven or to hell. 

The Ivast Judgment is executed by the Lord alone, who then appears in 
His Word, and manifests Himself as the God of heaven and earth. 

VIII. 

GLORIFICATION. 

i. 

The Lord from eternity, who is Jehovah, came into the world to subjugate 
the hells and glorify His Human; without this no mortal could have been 
saved, but all would have perished in eternal death. 

The Human which the Lord took upon Himself He made Divine by 
means of temptation combats, the last of which was the Passion of the Cross. 

He successively put off the Human taken from the mother, and put on a 
Human from the Divine which was in Him, which is the Divine Human. 

The Lord, therefore, while He was in the world, had two states, a state 
of Bxinanition, and a state of Glorification; the state of Kxinanition was the 
state of His Humiliation before the Father; the state of Glorification was 
the state of His union with the Father. 

When union was effected, He returned into the Divine in which He was 
from eternity, together with and in His Glorified Human. 

Jehovah God thus has made Himself our Redeemer and Savior, has 
exercised Justice, and has exalted His Omnipotence; and from His place on 
high above the heavens, He illumines the universe with the light of His 
Wisdom, and inspires the universe with the power of His Ivove. 



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2. 

Jehovah God, the Creator of the universe, descended into the world to 
glorify His Human, and to redeem and save the human race. 

He descended as the Divine Truth, which is the Word, in order that He 
might overcome the hells, establish order in the heavens, and institute a New 
Church upon the earth. 

He descended and assumed the Human according to His own Divine 
Order, which is, that He should be conceived, carried in the womb, brought 
forth, educated, and successively learn the sciences, and by them be intro- 
duced to intelligence and wisdom, and finally progress to complete union 
with the Father. 

This was the Glorification of the L,ord, or the Glorification of the Human 
which He assumed in the world; and the glorified Human is God manifest 
and present with the angels of heaven and the men of the Church. 

By His Human made Divine He holds hell in subjection to eternity, and 
man in a state that he may be saved. 

3. 

The Ivord in His glorified Human is He who is, who was, and who is to 
come, the Almighty; who is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the 
End, the First and the L,ast; who lives and has power from Himself, and who 
rules all things; for He alone is eternal and infinite; He alone is Creator, 
Redeemer and Savior; and from Him are all things of the Church, and all 
things of heaven. Hence the Ivord in His glorified Human is to be loved 
and worshipped, because He alone has power to save. 

IX. 

CONJUNCTION WITH THE HUMAN RACE. 
1. 

Conjunction of the Divine with the human race was effected by the 
Human of the Iyord made Divine, and this conjunction was the cause of the 
ford's coming into the world. 

After all love to God had perished, so that there remained no longer any 
will of good, the human race was separated from the Divine; for nothing 
conjoins but love, and when there is no love, disjunction takes place, and 
with disjunction, destruction and extirpation. 

Hence the Iyord came, and united the Human to the Divine, that through 
this union He might conjoin the human race to Flimself by the faith of love 
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It pleased the Lord, therefore, to descend into the world, that He might 
be present with men, and they with Him, and that by presence there might 
be conjunction, and by conjunction salvation and eternal life. 

There can be no conjunction with an invisible God; hence God became 
Man, not only that He might redeem the human race, but that He might 
become visible, and thus make conjunction possible. 

All conjunction of God with man must be by a reciprocal of man with 
God, and this reciprocal cannot be given except with a visible God; nor can 
it be given unless man be purified from the evil loves which defile the image 
of God in him. 

Thus there are three things which follow in order, accommodation, 
application, and conjunction. Accommodation on the part of God was that 
He became Man; application on the part of God is perpetual, so far as man 
applies himself in turn; and man applies himself when he shuns evils as sins 
against God; and as this is done, conjunction is effected, and eternal life is 
given. 

2. 

By the Advent of the Lord, by His combats with the hells, and their 
subjugation, by the Redemption then effected, by the ordering of the 
heavens, by His Human made Divine, and the operation of His Holy Spirit, 
the Infinite Divine of the Lord draws near and conjoins Himself with the 
human race. 

This was the end and this the cause of His Advent; for this He was made 
Man; for this He suffered and was tempted; for this He fought against the 
hells, and endured the Passion of the Cross, bearing the iniquities of us all; 
and He endured this in order that, in His glorified Human, the Divine Love, 
by the Divine Wisdom, might approach and be present with men, to receive 
and to save all who are willing to believe in Him by keeping His command- 
ments. 

Therefore the heavens rejoice, and the church confesses from joy of 
heart, that the Lord alone is the God of heaven and earth, and that all things 
done in heaven and all things done in the church, are done by Him, and that 
His Providence ruleth over all. 

X. 

THE LORD. 
1. 

There is one God, in whom is a Divine Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy 
Spirit; and this one God, in His Divine Human, is the Lord Jesus Christ. 

The Lord made His Human Divine from the Divine in Himself, and it 
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Jehovah God descended as to the Divine Wisdom, and assumed a human 
in the virgin Mary, in order that in the fulness of time He might become the 
Redeemer and Savior of the human race; this He could not have become 
except by the Divine Truth; since by the Divine Truth, from the beginning, 
all things were made which were made. 

The Lord while in the world successively exalted the Divine Wisdom and 
the Divine Dove in Himself, and thus took upon Himself the Divine Life, 
which is Life in itself. 

The Divine from eternity and the Human in time, united as soul and 
body, are one Person, and this one Person is Jehovah the Savior Jesus Christ. 

Thus the Lord is the one only God, who has all power in heaven and on 
earth from eternity to eternity. 

He is Jehovah our Justice, Jehovah of Hosts, the Father of eternity, the 
Prince of Peace. 

They who go to Him, and worship Him alone, become His sons, and are 
called the sons of God. 

2. 

The supreme and inmost of all the doctrines of the Church, and their 
universal, is the knowledge and acknowledgment that God is One. 

The one God is Esse itself and Bxistere itself; Infinite, Eternal, Omnip- 
otent, Omniscient, and Omnipresent. 

The one God, Jehovah, created the universe, from Divine Love by Divine 
Wisdom, to the end that there might be an angelic heaven from the human 
race. 

The one God, Jehovah, the Lord from eternity, who was before the 
world, descended into the world in the fulness of time, assumed a human in 
the virgin Mary, and became our Redeemer and Savior. 

When the Lord was in the world, the infirm human which He assumed 
He made Divine from the Divine in Himself, putting off successively all that 
was inherited from the mother, and clothing Himself with a Divine from the 
Father. 

He made His Human Divine Truth, and afterwards Divine Good, thus 
one with Jehovah. 

The Human was then no longer a form recipient of Life, but was Life 
itself. 

The union of the Divine and the Human in the Lord is called Glorifica- 
tion, which was effected by acts of Redemption, that is, by continual combats 
with the hells and by continual victories over them. 

Therefore the Lord rose from the sepulchre with His whole body; and as 
He was the First, so also He became the Last, the only Lord God, who 
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3. 

Jehovah God, the Creator of the universe, descended into the world and 
assumed a Human according to Divine Order, that He might glorify His 
Human and redeem the human race. 

The Human which He assumed, and by which He came into the world, 
is what is called the Son of God. 

The Lord proceeded according to Divine Order in the Glorification of His 
Human, even to complete union with the Father; and thus God became Man, 
and Man God, in one Divine Person, in whom the Divine from eternity, and 
the Human in time, are united as the soul and body in man. 

In the Human of the Lord all the Divine things of the Father are 
together; and the Lord Jesus Christ in His glorified Human is the one only 
God, who has all power in heaven and on earth from eternity to eternity. 

XI. 

THE WORD. 
1. 

The Word which was in the beginning with God, and was God, is the 
Divine Truth, which before creation was in Jehovah, and after creation from 
Jehovah; and finally the Word is the Divine Human, which Jehovah assumed 
in time; for the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. 

The Lord, when He was in the world, fulfilled all things of the Word, by 
which He became Divine Truth, or the Word, even in ultimates. 

Therefore the Lord is in the Word, and the Lord is the Word; and the 
Lord in the Word conjoins heaven and the church with Himself. 

Since the Lord is the Word, heaven also is the Word; for heaven is 
heaven from the Lord, and the Lord by the Word is the all in all of heaven. 

Hence the opening of the Word is the opening of heaven, and at the 
same time the manifestation of the Lord, who is in heaven. 

The Word is the Divine Truth which proceeds from the Lord as a Sun, 
and that which proceeds from Him is His, yea, is Himself; and therefore the 
Divine Truth, from which the angels have all their intelligence and wisdom, 
is the Lord in heaven and the church. 

2. 

The Word, or Sacred Scripture, is the Divine Truth itself, in which is 
the Divine Life and the Divine Light. 

The Lord Himself spoke the Word through Moses and the Prophets; 
and in the Gospels He spake many things from His own mouth, and the rest 
from the Spirit of His mouth, which is the Holy Spirit. 

The Word, in descending from the Lord, is spiritual in heaven with the 
angels, and natural in the world with men; and being inwardly spiritual, 
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The spiritual that is in the Word with the angels of heaven is called the 
spiritual sense, and is in the natural sense as the soul is in the body. 

Thus the spiritual sense is in all and every part of the Word, and it is 
from this sense that the Word is Divinely inspired and holy in every syllable. 

It has pleased the Lord now to reveal the spiritual sense of the Word, 
which hitherto has been unknown ; but it will be received only by those who 
acknowledge the Lord as the God of heaven and earth, and live according to 
His precepts. 

Before a man turns himself to the Lord, and acknowledges Him, he can- 
not see any Divine Truth in the Word; for the Ivord is the Word, and appears 
in the Word as the one only God, Jesus Christ our Lord. 

3. 

The Word without doctrine is not understood; hence, in order that a 
church may exist, there must be doctrine from the Word; but doctrine alone 
does not make the church, but a life according to doctrine. 

Doctrine is to be drawn from the sense of the letter of the Word, and 
confirmed by it; but the genuine truth of doctrine does not appear except to 
those who are in illustration from the Lord. 

The all of doctrine in the Word, and from the Word, is from the Lord, 
and concerning the Lord; and the all of doctrine in the Word, and from the 
Word in respect to man, is to worship the Lord and to love Him. 

Since the Lord is the Word, He also is doctrine from the Word in the 
church; hence all the doctrine of the church must be from the Word; and 
doctrine from any other source than from the Word is not doctrine in which 
there is anything of the church, anything of heaven, or anything of the Lord. 

Divine Doctrine is Divine Truth, and Divine Truth is all the Word of 
the Lord, in its supreme sense, in its internal sense, and in its literal sense. 

True doctrine itself is from the spiritual sense of the Word, and the spir- 
itual sense of the Word is the same as the doctrine which is in heaven. 

The spiritual sense of the Word is disclosed at this day by the Lord 
because the doctrine of genuine truth is now revealed; and this doctrine, and 
no other, agrees with the spiritual sense of the Word. 

They who read the Word without doctrine are like those who walk in the 
dark without a lantern. 

Hence the conclusion is manifest, that without doctrine no one can 
understand the Word; without doctrine from the Word no one can fight 
against evils and falsities and disperse them; without doctrine from the 
Word, in the church where the Word is, no one can become spiritual; and 
doctrine can be procured from no other source than from the Word, [and 
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4. 

The church is founded on doctrine; for doctrine teaches what man is to 
believe, and how he is to live; and doctrine must be drawn from no other 
source than from the Word. 

Doctrine teaches man how to think concerning God and from God, and 
how to live from God and with God. 

The church without doctrine is no more a church than a man is a man 
without organs, members and viscera. 

Still, doctrine does not make the church, but soundness and purity of 
doctrine, thus the understanding of the Word. 

The church is called a church from doctrine, and religion is called 
religion from a life according to doctrine; but where there is doctrine and 
not life, there is neither church nor religion. 

There is one only doctrine, which is the doctrine of love and charity, for 
all things of faith have relation to love and charity. 

The doctrine of love and charity, which is the doctrine of life, is the 
Divine doctrine itself; this was the doctrine of the Ancient Church; and it 
conjoined all churches, and out of many made one. 

Every one is allotted a place in heaven by the Ivord according to the 
good of life, and not according to the truth of doctrine separate from the good 
of life. 

All the doctrine of faith, all the doctrine of love and charity, and all the 
doctrine of life, are from the Lord; for the Lord is doctrine itself, because 
He is the Word itself. 

The doctrine of the New Church is truth continuous from the Lord, laid 
open by the Word. 

5. 

The Books of the Word are all those which have an internal sense; those 
which have not this are not the Word. 

The Books of the Word, in the Old Testament, are the five Books OF 
Moses, the Book of Joshua, the Book of Judges, the two Books of 
Samuee, the two Books of The Kings, the Psaems of David, and the 
Prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiee, Daniee, Hosea, 
Joee, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, 
Haggai, Zechariah,. Maeachi; and in the New Testament, the four 
Evangelists, Matthew,- Mark, Luke and John; and the ApocaeypsE. 

XII. 

THE HOLY SPIRIT. 
1. 

The Holy Spirit is not a God by Himself, but is the Divine Operation 
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The Divine Operation which is called the Holy Spirit is the Divine 
Truth proceeding from the one God, in whom is the Divine Trinity, thus 
from the Lord God the Savior Jesus Christ. 

The Divine which is called the Holy Spirit passes through the angelic 
heaven into the world, thus by angels into men, and hence by men to men; 
and in the church by the clergy to the laity. 

The Divine which proceeds from the Lord, which is called the Holy 
Spirit, in its proper sense is the Holy Word, and the Divine Truth therein. 

The operation of the Holy Spirit, or the Divine Truth proceeding from 
the Lord, is instruction, reformation, and regeneration, and hence vivification 
and salvation. 

So far as 9Aiy one knows and acknowledges the Divine Truth which pro- 
ceeds from the Lord, and which operates in heaven and the church, he knows 
and acknowledges God; and so far as he lives according to this Divine 
Truth, he cooperates with God, and is in the Lord and the Lord in him. 

XIII. 

THE SECOND COMING. 
1. 

The Second Coming of the Lord takes place, and a New Church is 
established, because now is the consummation of the age, or the last time of 
the Christian Church. 

The Church is consummated when there is no genuine truth left, because 
no genuine good; wherefore, unless the Lord had come again and established 
a New Church, no flesh could have been saved. 

The last time of the Christian Church is the very night in which the 
former churches have come to an end. 

After the night the morning follows, and the morning is the Coming of 
the Lord. 

This Coming of the Lord, which is the Second Coming, is not to destroy 
the visible heaven or the habitable earth, but to separate the evil from the 
good, to save those who believe in Him, to form a New Angelic Heaven, and 
a New Church on the earth. 

The Coming of the Lord in the clouds of heaven, with power and great 
glory, is not a coming in person, but in His Word, which is from Him and is 
Himself. 

In His Second Coming the Lord does not reveal Himself elsewhere than 
in His Word, nor otherwise than by its internal sense. 

This revelation is from the Lord alone, and will be received by those 
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2. 

The Second Coming of the Lord was effected by means of a man, His 
servant, Emanuel Swedenborg, before whom He manifested Himself in Person, 
and whom He filled with His Spirit, to teach the Doctrines of the New Church, 
through the Word, from Him. 

Having opened the internal sight of this man, the Lord introduced him 
into the spiritual world, and granted him to behold the heavens and the hells, 
to converse with angels and spirits, and to describe the things heard and seen 
in the other life. 

From the first day of his call to the office of revelator, he did not receive 
anything relating to the Doctrine of the New Church from himself or from 
any angel or spirit, but from the Lord alone. Being filled with the Spirit of 
the Lord, Emanuel Swedenborg enjoyed a perfect Divine Inspiration, sur- 
passing all the revelations that have been given since the creation of the 
world. The works, written by the Lord through him, are truth in every 
complex, and Divine throughout. They are the very Word of the Lord in 
its internal sense, accommodated to the rational understanding of men in the 
natural world, and are thus the Lord Himself revealed in Divine Truth to 
the New Church. 

3. 

The works which contain the Doctrine of the New Church, and constitute 
the Second Coming of the Lord, are now to be enumerated. 

1. The Arcana Geeestia or Heaveney Mysteries which are in 
The Word of the Lord, disclosed. Being the revelation of the internal 
sense of the Books of Genesis and Exodus. London 1749-1756. 

2. The Spiritual Diary, containing the record of Swedenborg's ex- 
periences in the spiritual world from 1748 to 1765. 

3. On Heaven and its Wonders, and on Heee. From Things 
heard and SEEN. London 1758. 

4. On the Earths in our Soear System and in the Starry 
Heavens, and their Inhabitants. London 1758. 

5. On the Last Judgment and Babyeon destroyed, showing 
that aee the things predicted in the apocaeypse at this day 
have BEEN FUEFiEEED. London 1758. 

6. On the New Jerusaeem and its Heaveney Doctrine. London 
1758. 

7. On the White Horse described in the Apocaeypse, and on 
the Word in its spirituae or internae sense. London 1758. 

8. The Apocaeypse Expeained according to the spirituae 
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9. On the Athanasian Creed. Written in 1760. 

10. On the Lord. Written in 1760. 

11. Summaries of the Internal Sense of the Prophets and the 
Psalms of David. Written in 1761. 

12. On the Sacred Scripture, or the Word of the Lord, 
from experience. Written in 1762. 

13. On the PRECEPTS of the Decalogue. Written in 1762. 

14. On The Last Judgment. Written in 1762. 

15. On the Spiritual World. Written in 1762. 

16. On the Divine Love. Written in 1762. 

17. On The Divine Wisdom. Written in 1763. 

18. The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem concerning the Lord. 
Amsterdam 1763. 

19. The Doctrinf, of the New Jerusalem concerning the 
Sacred Scripture. Amsterdam 1763. 

20. The Doctrine of Life for the New Jerusalem. Am- 
sterdam 1763. 

21. The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem concerning Faith. 
Amsterdam 1763. 

22. Continuation concerning the Last Judgment. Amsterdam 
1763. 

23. Angelic Wisdom concerning the Divine Love and the 
Divine Wisdom. Amsterdam 1763. 

24. Angelic Wisdom concerning the Divine Providence. 
Amsterdam 1764. 

25. The Apocalypse Revealed. Amsterdam 1766. 

26. Conversations with Angels. Written in 1766. 

27. Concerning Charity. Written in 1766. 

28. Five Memorable Relations. Written in 1766. 

29. On Marriage. Written in 1766. 

30. Indices to a work on Conjugial Love. Written in 1767. 

31. The Delights of Wisdom in respect to Conjugial Love, 
after which follow the pleasures of insanity in respect to 
Scortatory Love. Amsterdam 1768. 

32. A Brief Exposition of the Doctrine of the New Church. 
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33. On Justification and Good Works. Written in 1769. 

34. A Sketch of the Doctrine of the New Church. Written 
in 1769. 

35. The Canons of the New Church; or the Entire Theology 
OF THE NEW Church. Written in 1769. 

36. On the Intercourse between the Soul and the Body. 
London 1769. 

37. Answer to a LETTER from a Friend. Containing Swedenborg's 
Autobiography. London 1769. 

38. On the Signification of the Horse and the Egyptian 
Hieroglyphics. Written in 1769. 

39. Corroborating Passages of the Old and New Testaments. 
Written in 1769. 

40. Memorabilia for the True Christian Religion. Written 
in 1770. 

41. An Ecclesiastical History of the New Church. Written 
in 1770. 

42. The True Christian Religion, containing the whole 
Theology of the New Church. Amsterdam 1771. 

43. Nine Questions concerning the Trinity. Written in 1771. 

44. The Coronis, or Appendix to the True Christian Religion. 
Written in 1771. 

45. On the Consummation of the Age, the Second Advent of 
the Lord, and the New Church. To which is added an Invitation 
to the whole Christian world into that Church. Written in 1771. 

XIV. 

THE NEW CHURCH. 
1. 

The Lord in His Second Coming reveals the spiritual sense of the Word, 
and establishes a New Church; for the former church was Christian only in 
name. 

There is first a subjugation of the hells, the establishment of order in the 
heavens, and at the same time a Last Judgment in the spiritual world; these 
together constitute the Divine work of Redemption. 

In order that the New Church, which is the New Jerusalem, might be 
instituted, the Lord began a new Redemption, and executed a Last Judgment, 
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To the end that the New Church might be established in the spiritual 
world, preparatory to its establishment in the natural world, the Lord, on the 
nineteenth day of June in the year 1770, called together His twelve Apostles, 
who had followed Him in the world, and the next day sent them forth 
into the whole spiritual world, to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus 
Christ reigns, whose reign shall be forever and ever. 

2. 

The Lord in His Second Coming forms a New Heaven of those who have 
believed in Him, and institutes a New Church on earth of those who believe 
in Him; for these two, the New Heaven and the New Church, are the ends 
of His Coming. 

It is of Divine Order that a New Heaven should be formed before a New 
Church on the earth, for the internal is formed before the external, and 
afterwards the external by the internal. 

As the New Heaven increases, so the New Church comes down from that 
heaven; but this cannot be done in a moment, but only as the falsities of the 
former church are removed; these are removed gradually, and so far as they 
are removed the New Church is instituted with men in the world. 

Hence it is of the Divine Providence of the Lord that the New Church 
at first should be with a few, while provision is made for its gradual increase 
among many. 

This New Church is the crown of all the churches that have hitherto been 
in the world; it will endure forever, because it will worship one visible God, 
who is the Lord God our Savior Jesus Christ. 

3. 

The New Christian Church will not be established as the former by mir- 
acles, but by the manifestation of the Lord Himself, by intromission into the 
spiritual world, and illustration there through immediate light from the Lord, 
and especially by the opening of the spiritual sense of the Word, in which 
the Lord is in His Divine Light. 

The Lord is present in the spiritual sense of the Word with all who 
approach Him in the light of that sense, and with such the New Church is 
established. 

In this New Church truly Christian, there will be spiritual peace, glory, 
and internal blessedness of life, because there will be true faith and true 
charity. 

These things will be in this New Church because of conjunction with the 
Lord, and by Him with God the Father. 

The whole Christian world is invited to this Church, and exhorted 
worthily to receive the Lord, who has foretold that He will come into the 
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4. 

There is a church in the heavens equally as on earth, and they make one 
like the internal and the external with man. 

The church on earth is like the foundation upon which a house rests, or 
like the feet upon which a man stands, or by which he walks. 

The church in heaven and on earth is the body of the Lord; and they 
who are in it are in the Lord and the Lord in them. 

The church is from the Word, and it is such with man as is his under- 
standing of the Word. 

The Word does not make the church, but the understanding of it, and 
the church is such as is the understanding of the Word with those who are in 
the church. 

The church which is a church from the Word is in consociation with 
heaven, and in conjunction with the Lord. 

A man who is in faith in the Lord, and in charity towards the neighbor, 
is a church in particular; the church in general is composed of those who are 
similar. 

Conjunction with heaven cannot be given unless there be a church 
somewhere on earth, where the Word is, and by it the Lord is known. 

It is sufficient that there be a church where the Word is, even though 
it consists of a few; still, by it the Lord is present everywhere in the whole 
earth, and by it heaven is conjoined with the human race. 

The church is not a church without doctrine, but the church itself is 
where doctrine is the rule of life. 

The church is with those who acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ as the 
God of heaven and earth, and who live in obedience to the commandments 
of the Decalogue. 

5. 

There are three essentials of the church, the acknowledgment of the 
Divinity of the Lord, the acknowledgment of the holiness of the Word, and 
the life which is called charity. 

According to the life which is charity, every man has faith; the knowl- 
edge of what life is, man has from the Word; and reformation and salvation 
are from the Lord. 

When the Lord, the Word, and the life of charity, become the essentials 
of the church, intellectual disagreement does not separate, but only gives 
variety, as light varies the colors in beautiful objects, and as many jewels 
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XV. 

UNITY OF GOD. 
1. 

God is one and indivisible, and the Divine and the Human are one, and 
in one Person. 

The idea of one God in His Human is the first essential of all religion 
and sound reason. 

The Sacred Scripture teaches that there is one God; and there is a uni- 
versal influx into the souls of men that there is a God, and that He is one. 

The created universe is the work of one God, and the habitation of His 
Ivove and Wisdom; and hence the universe coheres as one from first to last, 
depending on the one God, as the body upon the soul. 

The unity of God is inscribed upon the life of heaven, and the church 
exists from the worship of one God. 

They who do not believe in one God under a human form, believe in no 
God, and are separated from heaven. 

Therefore the true Christian faith is, That God is one in essence and in 
person, and the I^ord Jesus Christ is that God. 

2. 

There is a Divine Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, which are three 
essentials of one God, as the soul, body, and operation, are one in man; and 
because these three are one essence, they make one God in one Divine Person. 

This Trinity did not exist before the world was created, but after crea- 
tion, when God became incarnate, and then in the Ivord God our Savior 
Jesus Christ. 

A Trinity of Divine Persons from eternity is no other, in the ideas of 
thought, than a Trinity of Gods, and cannot be abolished by the oral confession 
of one God. 

Such a Trinity was unknown in the Apostolic Church, but arose in the 
Nicene Council, and has come forth thence and perverted the whole Christiau 
Church. 

The Trinity of one God is in the one Divine Person of our Iyord Jesus 
Christ, because the three essentials of one God are in Him; and thus in Him 
is all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. 

Therefore the Iyord our Savior Jesus Christ is to be worshipped, because 
He is Jehovah who came into the world, and wrought Redemption, without 
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XVI. 
CREATION. 
1. 

There are two worlds, the spiritual world in which angels and spirits 
are, and the natural world in which men are; and there are two suns, a spir- 
itual sun for the spiritual world, and a natural sun for the natural world. 

The sun of the spiritual world is pure love from Jehovah God, who is in 
the midst of it; from that sun proceed heat, which in its essence is love, and 
light, which in its essence is wisdom. 

The sun of the natural world is pure fire; and therefore the heat thence 
is dead, in like manner the light; and nature, which derives its origin from 
that sun, also is dead. 

The Ivord created the universe, and all things of it, by means of the sun of 
the spiritual world, but not by means of the sun of the natural world, except 
as by subsidiary aid. 

The sun of the natural world was created that all things of creation 
might become fixed, stated and constant in ultimates, and thus permanent 
and enduring. 

The Lord created the universe that the human race might exist, and 
heaven from the human race; for the human race is the seminary of heaven. 

The end of creation exists in ultimates, which end is, that all things may 
return to the Creator, and that there may be eternal conjunction with Him. 

There is one God, who is the Creator of the universe, and the Lord Jesus 
Christ is that God. 

2. 

The Lord from eternity, who is Jehovah, created the universe, and all 
things of it, out of Himself, and not out of nothing; and although He created 
the universe, and all things of it, out of Himself, still there is not anything in 
the created universe that is God. 

The Divine Love is the cause of the creation of the universe, and the 
cause of its preservation; for the essence of love is to love others outside of 
itself, to will to be one with them, and to make them happy from itself. 

The Divine Truth proceeding from the Divine Good of the Divine Love 
is that by which the heavens are created and preserved, and by which the 
earths exist and subsist. 

All things in the created universe are recipients of the Divine Love and 
Divine Wisdom of the Lord, not by continuity but by contiguity. 

All things created by the Lord are uses, and relate to man, and through 
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The Lord from eternity, who is Jehovah, could not have created the 
universe, and all things of it, unless He were a Man; and this Divine Man is 
the Lord God our Savior Jesus Christ. 

3. 

The universe was created, and is perpetually sustained, by the Divine 
Tower of the Lord, or by the Divine Truth proceeding from the Divine Good. 

The Omnipotence of God is by His Divine Human, and is the Divine 
Power of acting according to order. 

The Lord b)^ His Divine Power created the universe, and introduced 
order into all and ever}- part of it. 

The Lord cannot act contrary to the laws of His order, for Divine Order 
is from the Lord, and is the Lord Himself. 

The Lord by His Omnipresence perceives all things, by His Omniscience 
provides all things, and by His Omnipotence operates all things. 

From the Divine Omnipotence man has power against evils and falsities, 
so far as he lives according to the laws of order. 

All power is in heaven, and none in hell; evil spirits have no power 
whatsoever; hence the whole of hell is as nothing before the Lord. 

In the spiritual world he who believes that he has power from himself is 
deprived of it in a moment. 

If angels or devils had one whit of power from themselves, the heavens 
would fall, hell would become a chaos, and every man would perish with 
them. 

The Lord Jesus Christ is He that hath all power in heaven and earth. 

4, 

God the Creator, or the Lord by His Human, is Omniscient in all things 
of His creation, because He is everywhere present in it by the Divine Truth 
which proceeds from Him; for Omniscience is the Divine Truth or Infinite 
Wisdom of the Lord. 

It is the Lord God our Savior Jesus Christ who is Omniscient in the 
universe; for when the Human in Him was united to the Divine, He, from 
His glorified Human, had all knowledge of all things in heaven, of all things 
in hell, and of all things in the world. 

The Lord perceives and knows all things, even to the most minute, which 
are done according to order, and all things which are done contrary to order. 

The Lord perceives and knows all things of a man's life, what it is, and 
what it will be to eternity. 

From His Omniscience, which is the Divine Truth of His Divine Wisdom, 
the Lord is able to impart knowledge and understanding to man; who then 
will be in wisdom so far as he lives according to Divine Order; for all that a 
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5. 

God the Creator, or the Lord by His Human, is Omnipresent in all 
things of the created universe from first to last. 

God so created the universe that He can be everywhere present in it, 
and hold all things of it under His sway, and hold it together perpetually as 
one, which is to preserve it. 

God is "not in space, although He is present with every man in the world, 
and with every angel in heaven, and with every spirit under heaven. 

God is in all space without space, and in all time without time; hence 
the universe is the fulness of God. 

The idea of space and time must be removed from the thought before 
the Omnipresence, Omniscience, and Omnipotence of God can be understood. 

They who make the Human of the Lord like the human of another man 
cannot comprehend the Omnipresence, Omniscience, and Omnipotence of 
God. 

The Lord is Omnipresent from the first to the last of His order by 
means of the heat and light of the sun of the spiritual world, in the midst of 
which He is. 

The Lord is present with all in the universe, but more nearty or more 
remotely according to the reception of good by the truth which is from Him; 
for good is that by which the Lord is present with angels, spirits, and 
men. 

XVII. 

DIVINE PROVIDENCE. 
1. 

The Divine Providence is the government of the Divine Love and 
Divine Wisdom of the Lord. 

The end of the Divine Providence is a heaven from the human race, and 
in all that it does it looks to what is infinite and eternal. 

The Divine Providence is the primary of all the things which proceed 
from the Lord; and since what proceeds from the Lord is Himself, the Lord 
is His own Providence, and also the law of His own Providence, present and 
ministering to the end of His creation. 

The operation of the Lord by His Divine Providence to save man, 
commences with his birth, and continues to the end of life, and afterward 
to eternity. 

It is of the Divine Providence of the Lord that every man can be saved; 
and they are saved who acknowledge God and live well . 

No man is born for hell, but all for heaven; and man himself is in fault 
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To suppose that any man could be predestined to damnation would be 
to suppose that the Lord could act against the laws of His own Providence, 
which would be to act against His own Divine Wisdom and His own Divine 
Love, and thus against Himself. 

The Lord, from His Divine Love by His Divine Wisdom, provides the 
means by which men can be saved; and these means are present with every 
man born into the world. 

2. 

The Divine Providence is the presence of the Lord in heaven and on 
earth, ruling and leading all things to the end for which the universe was 
created, which is a heaven from the human race. 

All that is done by the Lord is done for the sake of the end for which 
creation exists; and for this end the Lord is perpetually present with every 
angel in heaven, and with every man in the world. 

The Lord by His Providence acts invisibly, in order that He may preserve 
the freedom of man; hence it is a law of the Divine Providence that man 
should not perceive or feel anything of its operation, but still should know 
and acknowledge it. 

The Lord does not appear manifestly in His Providence; for if man 
sensibly perceived its operation, he would not act from freedom according to 
reason, nor would anything appear to him as his; or he would introduce 
himself into the order and tenor of its progression, and pervert and destroy 
it; and he would deny God, or make himself God. 

It is granted man to see the Divine Providence in the back and not 
in the face; also in a spiritual, but not in a natural state; or from heaven, and 
not from the world. 

All who by reformation become spiritual, receive influx out of heaven, 
see and confess the Divine Providence of the Lord, and acknowledge Him 
from the heart as the all in all things of His creation. 

3. 

The following laws are laws of the Divine Providence: 
That man should be led in freedom according to reason; 
That man should as of himself remove evils as sins in his external man, 

and the Lord then removes them in the internal man, and at the same time 

in the external; 

That man should not be compelled to believe and love the things of 
religion, but that he should lead and compel himself; 

That man should be led and taught by the Lord from heaven through 
the Word, in all appearance as of himself; 

That man should not sensibly perceive the operation of Divine Provi- 
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That one's own prudence is nothing, and only appears to be something, 
and ought so to appear; but the Divine Providence, from things most singular, 
is universal; 

That man is not led interiorly into the truths of faith and the goods of 
charity, except so far as he can be kept in them to the end of life; 

That evils are permitted for the spke of the end, which is salvation; 

That the Divine Providence is not only with the good, but also with the 
evil, but it is not with the evil in their evils; 

That the Lord cannot act against the laws of His Providence, for this 
would be to act against Himself; 

That every man can be saved, and they are saved who acknowledge God 
and live well; 

That the salvation of man is the all in all of the Divine Providence of the 
Lord. 

XVIII. 
THANKSGIVING. 

In the Office of Thanksgiving, passages from the General Doctrine under 
Redemption, or under some other General Doctrine, may be read. 

XIX. 

LOVE, CHARITY, AND WORKS. 
1. 

The one love, which is the origin of all good in heaven and in the church, 
is love to the Lord from the Lord. 

In heaven, by loving the Lord is not meant to love Him as to Person, but 
to love the good which is from Him; and by loving the neighbor is not meant 
to love him as to person, but to love the truth which is from the Word. 

Love to the Lord and love towards the neighbor reign in heaven, and 
make heaven; and since they make heaven, they also make- the church. 

By love is meant love to the Lord, and by charity, love to the neighbor; 
but there is no love to the Lord except in charity, and there is no charity 
except from love to the Lord. 

All things of the Word, all things of doctrine, and all things of life, have 
relation to love to the Lord and love towards the neighbor. 

Man is born that he may come into love to the Lord by means of love to 
the neighbor, and thus be conjoined to the Lord, and live forever. 

All who are in love truly conjugial are in love to the Lord, and at the 
same time in love towards the neighbor, and thus are in all celestial and 
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The Lord loves the whole Human race; he, therefore, who has love to the 
Lord has the Lord's love, and can do no otherwise than love the neighbor. 

Man enters into love to the Lord and love to the neighbor by the re- 
moval of self love and the love of the world, and then he comes into all 
intelligence and wisdom. 

There is no medium given of loving the Lord but charity, inasmuch as 
the Lord is in charity; but charity is extinguished by the lusts of self love 
and love of the world, and when charity is extinguished, love to the Lord also 
is extinguished. 

All who are in love to the Lord from the Lord are in the inmost or third 
heaven; truths are written in their life, and not in their memory only; thus 
they do not talk about truths, but do them, which is to perform uses. 

So far as man is in the love of use, so far he is in love to the Lord, and 
in love towards the neighbor, and so far he is a man, because so far he is in 
the Lord and the Lord in him. 

2. 

Faith is first in time, but charity is first in end; that which is first in end 
is really first, but that which is first in time is first only in appearance. 

Faith without charity is not faith, and charity without faith is not charity, 
and neither lives except from the Lord. 

Man can procure for himself faith, charity, and the life of faith and 
charity; but still nothing of faith, and nothing of charity, and nothing of the 
life of either, is from himself, but from the Lord alone. 

They who are in charity or love toward the neighbor are able to receive 
and appropriate all the truths of faith; for the all of faith is in that love, 
because heaven and the Lord are in it; therefore, so far as man loves the 
neighbor, he has life from the Lord. 

Every man individually is the neighbor that is to be loved, but according 
to the quality of his good; but love towards the neighbor extends itself more 
widely; for it ascends as men are multiplied. Hence, society is more the 
neighbor than the individual, and one's country is still more the neighbor; 
but the church is the neighbor in a still higher degree, and the kingdom of 
the Lord in the highest; and those who love the kingdom of the Lord, love 
the Lord above all things. 

To love the neighbor, regarded in itself, is not to love the person, but 
the good which is in the person ; for man is not a man from his face and 
from his body, but from the wisdom of his understanding, and from the good 
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Charity itself is to act from justice and fidelity in the office, business, 
and work in which any one is, and with whomsoever he has any intercourse. 
No man, however, can do this from himself, but only from the Iyord; nor can 
a man do this from the L/ord until evils are removed. Hence, the first thing 
of charity is to shun evils because they are sins, and the second is to do the 
goods of use to the neighbor. 

Man is born that he may become charity, and he cannot become charity 
unless he perpetually does the good of use to the neighbor from affection and 
delight. 

The signs of charity are all things which are of worship, which are ex- 
ternals of the body and externals of the mind. 

The externals of the body which pertain to worship are, going to"church; 
listening to sermons; devoutly singing, and praying on the knees; partaking 
of the Sacrament of the Supper; and at home, prayer morning and evening, 
and at meals; conversing with others about God, heaven and eternal life; and 
with priests, preaching and private instruction; and with every one, the 
instruction of children, and servants, in such things; reading the Word, and 
books of instruction and piety. 

The externals of the mind which pertain to worship are, thought and 
meditation about God, heaven, and eternal life; reflection upon one's 
thoughts and intentions; and the turning of the mind away from impious, 
obscene and filthy speech. Besides thoughts, there are also affections, which 
come to the sight and sense of man. 

In the exercises of charity man does not place merit in works when he 
believes that all good is from the L,ord. 

3. 

There are three things which follow in order and make one, charity, 
faith, and works; and if one be wanting, the other two vanish away; there- 
fore charity alone does not produce good works, still less faith alone; but 
charity and faith together. 

Good works, or uses, are all things which a man does after he has 
turned away from evils because they are sins against God. 

Good works are evil works unless the things of self and the world are 
removed; but when these are removed, the celestial and spiritual inflow 
from the Lord, and make the works to be love and charity in act. 

Every good that a man does for the sake of the neighbor, or for the sake 
of religion, and thus for the sake of God, is a good of charity, or a good 
work. 

Every good work lives from what is spiritual in the work, and this lives 
from the Iyord, and makes the work to be a work of charity. 



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It is hurtful to place merit in works, for then evils lie hidden in them, of 
which the doer knows nothing; but when man believes that all good is from 
the Lord, he then does not think of merit, but of duty. 

Works that are done for the sake of reward are in themselves not good, 
for they do not spring from the genuine fountain, which is charity towards 
the neighbor. 

It is a law of order, that man ought to introduce himself into faith by 
truths from the Word, and into charity by good works, and thus to reform 
and regenerate himself. 

Deeds and works are altogether such as is the thought and will from 
which they proceed, without which they are not deeds and works, but only 
inanimate motions. 

In the spiritual world, love to the Lord, charity towards the neighbor, 
and the works of charity, are distinct from each other; still they are one, and 
exist together; for unless charity is in works, the works are not works of 
charity, and unless love to the Lord is in charity, it is not charity. 

4. 

The kingdom of the Lord is over heaven and over hell, and His king- 
dom is a kingdom of uses. 

Because the Lord is Love itself and Wisdom itself, He also is Use itself; 
for Love has Use for an end, which it produces by Wisdom; wherefore the 
Lord, from Love by Wisdom, is everywhere present in Use. 

The universe was created by God that uses may exist, and be clothed 
with forms, by which they may be set forth in act, — in heaven first, and 
then in the world, thus by degrees successively even to the ultimates of 
nature; wherefore the created universe, viewed as to uses, is in the image of 
God. 

The correspondence of natural things with spiritual, or of the world with 
heaven, is effected by uses, and uses conjoin; and the forms with which uses 
are clothed, so far correspond, and so far conjoin, as they are forms of uses. 

The love and wisdom of God are in man while he is doing uses; and 
that man may do the uses of God, he is created an image and likeness of 
God, that is, a form of Divine order. 

There are three things which proceed as one from the Lord, love, wis- 
dom, and use; but love and wisdom do not exist, except ideally, unless they 
are in use; and use is faithfully, sincerely, and diligently to perform the 
works of one's function. 

The love of use, and a fixed attention to use, holds the mind together, 
that it may not wander forth and drink in the lusts of the body and ,the 
world, by which the truths of religion and morality are scattered to the 
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Man when first created was imbued with wisdom and its love, not for the 
sake of himself, but for the sake of its communication with others; hence no 
one lives for himself alone, but for others, and to live for others is to perform 
uses. 

Uses are the bonds of society, which are just as many as there are good 
uses, and the number of these is infinite. 

To love use is nothing else than to love the neighbor, for use, in the 
spiritual idea, is the neighbor. 

So far as man is in the love of use, so far he is in the Lord, so far he 
loves the Lord, and so far he is a man. 

The Lord loves all, and wills good to all, and good is use; and because 
the Lord does good or use by means of angels and men, He gives the love 
of use, and its reward, which is eternal happiness, to those who faithfully 
perform uses. 

XX. 

ETERNAL LIFE. 
1, 

Every man is created to live to eternity; for he is so created that he may 
be conjoined with God, and conjunction with God is eternal life. 

Hence it is of the Divine Providence of the Lord, that man by death 
should put off things natural and temporal, and put on things spiritual 
and eternal. 

The Divine Providence, in all that it does, has respect to things eternal, 
and not to things temporal, except so far as they agree with things eternal, 
and make one with them. 

The Divine Providence, in all its progression with man, has regard to his 
eternal state, or the state of his eternal life in heaven, and leads to it. 

Regeneration, or the implantation of the life of heaven with man, com- 
mences from his infancy, and continues to the end of his life in the world; 
and after death is perfected to eternity. 

Such as a man is in the world, as to his spirit, such he remains forever; 
with the difference only, that his state becomes more perfect, if he has lived 
well, because then he is not clothed with a material body, but lives as a 
spiritual being in a spiritual bod}-. 

Man after death is spiritual and substantial, while his body was natural 
and material; when the body is cast off, the spiritual or substantial man 
comes forth purer, more interior, and more perfect. 

Man has eternal life according to his affection of use, since affection is 
the man himself, and use is its effect and work. 



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Ever}- man, after his life in the world, lives to eternity, because by the 
spiritual in him he is conjoined with the Lord, and that which is conjoined 
with the Lord can never die. 

In the life of the body, the end of all human thought and all human 
action ought to be for the sake of the life after death. 

Every man was created to become an angel of heaven; and the Lord, 
from His Divine hove, cannot do otherwise than will it, and from His Divine 
Wisdom, cannot do otherwise than provide for it. 

2. 

Every one is admitted into heaven after death, in whom there has been 
implanted by life in the world the idea of God in His Human, or of the Lord; 
for in heaven no other is acknowledged to be the God of heaven than the 
Lord alone. 

Heaven is not heaven from the angels, but from the Lord; for the love and 
wisdom in which the angels are, and which make heaven, are not from them, 
but from the Lord, and are the Lord in them; heaven, therefore, is conjunction 
with the Lord. 

The angels taken together are called heaven; still, it is the Divine of the 
Lord, which flows in and is received by the angels, which makes heaven; and 
the Divine of the Lord in heaven is love to Him, and charity towards the 
neighbor. 

Since there are infinite varieties in heaven, and no angel is exactly like 
another, heaven is distinguished into two kingdoms, into three heavens, and 
into innumerable societies. 

Heaven is not outside of the angels, except so far as it is in them, and it 
is in them according to the love and faith which they had acquired in the 
world. 

Since God is a Man, the whole heaven is in the human form, and is called 
the Grand Man; hence every society of heaven resembles a man, and every 
angel is in a human form. 

In heaven the sun of the world does not appear, nor anything from that 
sun; still there is a sun in heaven, and light and heat from it; and under that 
sun are to be found all things that are in the natural world, but they are from 
a spiritual origin. 

The Lord is the Sun of the spiritual world, and His Divine Love appears 
as fire, and His Divine Wisdom as light. 

In heaven, as in the world, all things have succession and progression, 
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of time and place, but altogether in the things of internal state, which are 
of love and wisdom. 

The things which appear in the heavens, though similar to those on earth, 
still are not similar as to essence, for they are from the sun of the spiritual 
world, and thus in themselves are spiritual, as the things which are from the 
sun of the natural world in themselves are natural. The former, therefore, 
have life in them from the Lord, the latter have only the fire of a dead sun 
in them. 

All in heaven are consociated according to spiritual affinity; hence it is 
that the angels who are in similar good and truth know each other, as those 
related by consanguinity on earth, as if they had been acquainted from 
infancy. 

Since heaven is distinguished into societies, and the greater societies 
consist of some hundreds of thousands of angels, and all within a society in- 
deed are in similar good, but not in similar wisdom, it necessarily follows that 
there are governments in heaven; but the governments differ according to 
the ministries of each society. However, there is no other government in 
heaven than the government of mutual love. 

Divine Worship in the heavens is not unlike Divine Worship on earth 
as to externals, but it differs as to internals. In the heavens as on earth 
there are temples in which there is preaching; but Divine Worship itself in 
heaven does not consist in frequenting temples, and in hearing preaching, 
but in a life of love and charity, or in the performance of uses. 

Angels speak with one another as men in the world, and all in the 
universal heaven have one language, and they all understand each other, from 
whatever society they may be; nor is the language learned, but it is im- 
planted in every one, for it is nothing but thought from affection, speaking; 
nor has the angelic language anything in common with human language. 

The Lord is the God of heaven, and by the Lord is meant no other than 
the Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world; nor can they be admitted 
into heaven who do not acknowledge the Lord. 

3. 

Heaven and hell are from the human race, and there are no angels 
created from the beginning. Every angel in heaven, and every devil in 
hell, was born a man in the natural world, and passed from thence into the 
spiritual world. 

Every infant who dies is received by the Lord, and educated in heaven, 
and, according to Divine order, is taught and imbued with the affections of 
good, and by these with the knowledges of truth; and afterwards, as he is 
perfected in intelligence and wisdom, he is introduced into heaven, and 
becomes an angel. 



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Because heaven is from the human race, and the angels are of both 
sexes, and because it is from creation that the woman should be for the man, 
and the man for the woman, it follows that there is marriage in heaven. 

Marriage in heaven is the conjunction of two minds into one mind, and 
hence consorts in heaven are not called two but one angel. 

How great the happiness of heaven is, may appear from this, that it is a 
delight to all in heaven to communicate their delights and blessings to others; 
and because all in the heavens are such, it is manifest how immense is the 
delight and happiness of heaven; for in the heavens there is a communication 
of all with each, and of each with all. 

To grow old in heaven is to grow young, and all who are there are con- 
tinually advancing to the springtime of life. Those who, while in the world, 
have lived in love to the I^ord, and in charity towards the neighbor, in the 
other life become forms of inexpressible beauty. 

Every man is born for heaven; and he is received into heaven who has 
received heaven into himself in the world; and he is excluded who does not 
so receive it. 

The world of spirits is not heaven, nor is it hell, but a middle place or 
state between them; for thither man first comes after death, and then, after 
some time, he is, according to his life in the world, either elevated into 
heaven or cast into hell. 

The extension of heaven, which is for angels, is so immense that it cannot 
be filled to eternity; and they are relatively ^few of whom heaven at present 
is formed; and the perfection of heaven increases according to plurality, and 
thus will increase in perfection to eternity. 

The created universe is a work cohering as one from first to last, because 
in creating it God had one end in view, which was an angelic heaven from 
the human race; and the means to that end are all the things of which the 
earth is composed. 

There is actually a sphere elevating all to heaven, which proceeds con- 
tinually from the L,ord, and fills all the spiritual world and all the natural 
world; and it is like a strong current in the ocean which secretly draws a 
ship. All those who believe in the Iyord, and live according to His com- 
mandments, enter the sphere of that current, and are elevated; but those who 
do not believe are not willing to enter, but remove themselves to the sides, 
and are carried away by a stream which leads to hell. 

It is not so difficult as many believe to live the life that leads to heaven; 
the only difficulty is to be able to resist the loves of self and the world, and 
to prevent their predominance; for these loves are the origin of all evils. 
But so far as man resists them, he is led by the L,ord, and not by himself, and 
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4. 

Every man is born for heaven, and no one for hell; and every one conies 
into heaven from the Lord, and into hell from himself. 

Inasmuch as there are three heavens, there are also three hells in oppo- 
sition to the three heavens; hell also is divided into societies, in like manner 
as heaven, and into as many societies as heaven; for every society in heaven 
has a society opposite to it in hell, and this for the sake of equilibrium. 

There are also governments in hell, but they are opposite to the govern- 
ments of heaven, all being of self love. The more malignant are set over 
the rest in the societies, who obey them from fear; but there is not any one 
devil to whom all the hells are subject. 

The fire of hell is not material fire, for all fire in the spiritual world in 
its essence is love; love to the Lord and love towards the neighbor are 
heavenly fire; and the loves of self and the world are infernal fire, together 
with every lust and delight springing from those two loves. 

Evil spirits are severely punished when they do evil, that they may be 
deterred from it; yet nothing of the punishment is from the Lord, but from 
the evil itself; for evil is so conjoined with its own punishment, that the 
two cannot be separated. 

The fear of punishment is the only means of restraining the evil, and 
this is the cause of their torment in hell. 

The torment of hell is not the torment of conscience, but arises from the 
restraint of lusts, on account of fear of punishment. There is no conscience 
in hell. 

The Lord casts no one into hell, but the spirit casts himself into it; for 
the Lord never turns Himself away from man, but man turns himself away 
from the Lord. 

The evil of man is hell with him; and since man brings himself into evil, 
and not the Lord, so he brings himself into hell. 

There is all power in heaven, and none in hell; for all power in the 
spiritual world belongs to truth from good, and none whatever to falsity 
from evil. 

They who are in hell have power among themselves, indeed, for an evil 
spirit can do evil, and also does evil in a thousand ways. He can do evil to 
the evil, but not to the good, except by conjunction with their evils; whence 
come temptations, by which the good are delivered from their evils. 

The life of man cannot be changed after death, for his life remains such 
as it had been in the world; nor can the life of hell be transcribed into the 
life of heaven, since they are opposite; hence it is that they who come into 
hell, or into heaven, remain there to eternity. 



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The Lord, by His Advent into the world, reduced the hells to order, and 
brought them under obedience to Himself; and by His Human then glorified 
He holds them in subjection to eternity; hence the Lord has all power over 
heaven and over hell, and He who rules the one, also rules the other. 

XXI. 
BAPTISM. 
1. 

That Baptism was commanded, is manifest from the Baptism of John in 
the Jordan, to which all Judea and Jerusalem came; and also from this, that 
the Lord Himself was baptized by John; and, moreover, that He commanded 
His disciples to baptize all nations. Hence it is evident, that in the institu- 
tion of Baptism there is something Divine which hitherto has been concealed, 
because the spiritual sense of the Word had not been revealed. But this is 
now revealed, because the Christian Church, such as it is in itself, is now 
first commencing; the former church was Christian only in name, but not in 
essence and reality. 

When the Lord came into the world, He abrogated the representatives, 
which were all external, and instituted a church, all things of which should 
be internal. Of all those things the Lord retained only two, which in one 
complex should contain all things of the internal church; which two things 
are Baptism instead of washings, and the Holy Supper instead of the lamb of 
the daily sacrifice. 

The washings and baptisms effect nothing more than the platters and 
plates cleansed by the Jews, unless the internal man be cleansed from evils 
and falses; for hell is full of satans, as well from the baptized as from the 
unbaptized. Wherefore if you are washed with the water of rain, with the 
water of dew, with the water of most excellent fountains; if you are cleansed 
with nitre, hyssop, or soap every day, still you are not purified from iniquities, 
except by means of regeneration. 

The primary thing which distinguished the Israelitish Church from the 
rest in the Asiatic world, and afterwards from the Christian, was circum- 
cision; and because all things of the Israelitish Church, which were external, 
figured forth all things of the Christian Church, which are internal, therefore 
the primary sign of that Church was interiorly similar to the sign of the 
Christian Church; for circumcision signified the rejection of the lusts of the 
flesh, and thus purification from evils; Baptism signifies the like. Whence 
it is manifest, that Baptism was commanded in the place of circumcision, in 
order that the Christian Church might be distinguished from the Jewish, and 
thus that the internal church might be better known; and it is known from 
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The first use of Baptism is introduction into the Christian Church, and at 
the same time insertion among Christians in the spiritual world. The second 
use of Baptism is that the Christian may know and acknowledge the Lord 
Jesus Christ, our Redeemer and Savior, and follow Him. The third use of 
Baptism, which is the final use, is that man may be regenerated. 

The three uses of Baptism cohere as one, as the first cause, the mediate 
cause, and the ultimate cause; which latter is the end itself for the sake of 
which the former were. Wherefore, when Baptism is performed, or read in the 
Word, or named, the angels who are present do not understand Baptism, but 
regeneration. Let the Christian know, therefore, that whosoever does not 
believe in the Lord cannot be regenerated, even though he has been baptized; 
and that Baptism, without faith in the Lord, effects nothing whatever in puri- 
fying man from evils, or in his regeneration. 

That Baptism is only a sign of introduction into the church, is evident 
from the baptism of infants, who have no reason, and are not as yet any 
more fit to receive faith than the young shoots of a tree. But not only 
infants, but all are inserted by Baptism among Christians in the spiritual 
world, since peoples and nations in that world are distinguished according 
to their religions; on a distinct arrangement there, the preservation of the 
universe depends, and this distinction cannot be effected unless everyone, 
after he is born, be known by some sign, indicating to what religious assem- 
bly he belongs. 

By means of the Baptism of John, a way was prepared for Jehovah the 
Lord to come down into the world and perform redemption; for those who 
were baptized were introduced thereby into the future church of the Lord, 
and were inserted among those in heaven who expected and desired the 
Messiah, and thus were guarded, that devils from hell might not break forth 
and destroy them. 

That Naaman was healed of his leprosy by washing himself seven times 
in Jordan, by command of Blisha, represented Baptism; for Baptism signi- 
fies initiation into the Church, and into those things which are of the church; 
thus it signifies regeneration, and the things which are of regeneration; not 
that anyone is regenerated by Baptism, but that Baptism is a sign of it, 
which he should remember. 

Baptism was instituted for a sign that a man is of the church, and for a 
memorial that he can be regenerated; for the washing of Baptism is a spiritual 
washing, which is regeneration. Since every one who is regenerated also un- 
dergoes temptations, which are spiritual combats against evils and falsities, 
these also are signified by the waters of Baptism. Inasmuch as Baptism is for 
a sign and memorial of these things, man may be baptized as an infant, and 
if not in his infancy, he may be baptized as an adult. Let those, therefore, 
who are baptized, know that Baptism confers neither faith nor salvation; but 
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Washings were instituted in the Ancient Churches, and afterwards 
Baptism in their place, which nevertheless were only representative and sig- 
nificative rites, in order that heaven might be conjoined with the human race, 
and in particular with the man of the church; for heaven is conjoined to 
man when he is in ultimates, that is, when he is in such things as are in the 
world as to his natural man, and in such things as are in heaven as to his 
spiritual man; otherwise no conjunction could be given. This is the reason 
why Baptism was instituted, and also the Holy Supper; and it is likewise the 
reason why the Word was written by means of such things as are in the world, 
while yet there is in it a spiritual sense, in which are such things as are in 
heaven. But he is much deceived who believes that Baptism contributes any- 
thing to the salvation of man, unless he is at the same time in the truths of 
the church, and in a life according to them. 

Baptism is holy, and a Sacrament, because it is a sign and a memorial 
that man can be regenerated by the Lord by means of truths from the Word. 
It is a sign for heaven, and a memorial for man; and by it a man is intro- 
duced into the church, even as the sons of Israel, by the passage of the 
Jordan, were introduced into the land of Canaan, and as the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem were prepared for the reception of the Lord by the baptism of 
John; for without that sign in heaven before the angels, the Jews could not 
have subsisted and lived at the coming of the Lord in the flesh. 

Infants are introduced by Baptism into the Christian heaven, and angels 
are there assigned to them, to take care of them, by whom they are kept in 
a state of receiving faith in the Lord; and as they grow up, and come into 
their own right and their own reason, the guardian angels leave them, and 
they associate to themselves such spirits as make one with their life and faith. 

All who are baptized are to be initiated into the knowledge and belief 
that the Lord Jesus Christ is the God of heaven and earth, in whom is the 
Divine Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; and that we are to be con- 
joined with this one God, our Savior and Redeemer, by a life according to 
the commandments of the Decalogue. 

XXII. 

THE HOLY SUPPER. 
1. 

Because Christianity itself is now first beginning to dawn, and a New 
Church, which is meant by the New Jerusalem in the Apocalypse, is now 
being established by the Lord, in which God the Father, Son, and Holy 
Spirit, are acknowledged as one, because in one Person, it has pleased the 
Lord to reveal the spiritual sense of the Word, that this church may come 
into the use itself of the Sacraments of Baptism and the Holy Supper; which 
is done when men, with the eyes of their spirit, that is, with the understand- 
ing, see the holiness that is concealed therein, and apply this to themselves 
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There is natural nourishment for the body, and spiritual nourishment 
for the soul; spiritual nourishment, therefore, is for eternal salvation. 
These two kinds of nourishment must not be confounded; if they are con- 
founded, man forms no other ideas concerning this most holy Sacrament 
than those which are material, corporeal, and carnal. But if there is any 
one who is not able to think anything else from the understanding than what 
he sees with the eye, let him at least think that the Holy Supper is the most 
holy thing of worship, and let him remember the passion of Christ, and His 
love for the salvation of man. 

The whole of the Ivord, and the whole of His Redemption, is present in 
the Holy Supper. He is present both as to the glorified Human, and as to 
the Divine from which the Human is; and where the whole of the Ivord is, 
there also is the whole of His Redemption; for He is the Redeemer, even as 
to the Human, and not anything of Redemption can be absent where He is 
wholly present. Whence it is evident, that the fruits of the I^ord's Redemp- 
tion return to those who worthily draw near to the holy communion. 

The L^ord is present and opens heaven to those who come worthily to 
the Holy Supper, and He is also present to those who come unworthily, but 
He does not open heaven to them; consequently, as Baptism is introduction 
into the church, so the Holy Supper is introduction into heaven. These two 
Sacraments, Baptism and the Holy Supper, are as two gates to eternal life. 
By Baptism, which is the first gate, every Christian man is admitted and 
introduced into those things which the church teaches from the Word con- 
cerning the other life; all of which are means whereby he may be prepared 
and led to heaven. The other gate is the Holy Supper, through which every 
man who has suffered himself to be prepared and led by the Iyord, is admitted 
and introduced into heaven. There are no more universal gates. 

Those come to the Holy Supper worthily who have faith in the Iyord and 
charity towards the neighbor; they are in the Iyord, and the Lord in them; 
hence, conjunction with the L,ord is effected by the Holy Supper. Therefore 
the Holy Supper, to those who approach worthily, is a sign and a seal that 
they are the sons of God; moreover, it is as a key to the house in heaven, 
where they will dwell to eternity. 

The Holy Supper was instituted by the L,ord, that by means of it the 
church may be conjoined with heaven, and thus with the Iyord; it is, there- 
fore, the most holy thing of worship. But conjunction with the I^ord, by the 
Sacrament of the Holy Supper, is effected solely with those who are in the 
good of faith and love to the Ivord from the I^ord; with others, indeed, there 
is the presence of the Iyord, but no conjunction with Him. Besides, the Holy 
Supper includes and comprehends all the Divine worship instituted in the 
Israelitish church; for the offerings and sacrifices, in which the worship of 
that church principally consisted, were called, in one word, bread; hence also 
the Holy Supper is the completion or fulness of that worship. 



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Bread signifies the Ivord, and everything holy which is from Him, that is, 
all good and truth; and because there is no other good, which is good, than 
that which is of love and charity, therefore bread signifies love and charity. 
Sacrifices formerly had no other signification; wherefore they were called by 
one expression, bread; and also, the flesh of the sacrifices was eaten, to rep- 
resent a heavenly feast, that is, conjunction by the good of love and charity. 
This also is what is signified by the Holy Supper, which succeeded in place 
of sacrifices and the feasts upon what was sanctified. Thus the Holy Supper 
is an external of the church, in which there is an internal, and by the inter- 
nal it conjoins the man who is in love and charity with heaven, and by 
heaven with the Lord. 

The man who is in what is holy, when he receives the bread of the Holy 
Supper, does not then think of bread, but of the L,ord and His mercy, and of 
those things which are of love to Him, and of charity towards the neighbor, 
because he thinks of repentance and amendment of life; but this with a 
variety, according to the holiness in which he is. not only as to thought, but 
also as to affection. 

The Lord, when He was in the world, opened the internal things of His 
kingdom and church; but still these internal things were known to those who 
were of the Ancient Church, but they were led to them by external things 
w T hich were representative; but whereas such things were altogether lost with 
the Jewish nation, therefore the Lord taught them; yet He abolished the rep- 
resentatives themselves, because the greatest part of them had respect to 
Himself, for the image must vanish when the effigy itself appears. There- 
fore He established a New Church, which should not, as the former, be led 
to things internal by representatives, but which should know them without 
representatives; and in the place thereof, He enjoined Baptism and the Holy 
Supper; — Baptism, that thereby they might remember regeneration; and the 
Holy Supper, that thereby they might remember the Ivord and His love 
towards the whole human race, and the reciprocal love of man to Him. 

The man who looks to the Lord, and performs repentance, is conjoined 
to the Lord, and introduced into heaven, by the most holy Sacrament of the 
Lord's Supper. The bread and wine do not effect this; there is not anything 
holy in them; but material bread and heavenly bread correspond to each 
other, and so do material wine and heavenly wine; and heavenly bread is 
the holy of love, and heavenly wine is the holy of faith, both from the Lord, 
and both the Lord. Thence there is the conjunction of the Lord with man, 
and of man with the Ivord; not with the bread and wine, but with the love and 
faith of the man who has repented; and conjunction with the Lord is also 
introduction into heaven. 

Baptism is a Sacrament of repentance, and thence introduction into the 
church; the Holy Supper is a sacrament of repentance, and thence intro- 
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L/ord alone, and the Holy Supper especially was instituted for this end. 
The L/ord then confirms the remission of sins to those who repent, because 
in that Supper every one is kept looking to the L/ord alone. 

Actual repentance is to examine one's self, to know and acknowledge 
one's sins, to make supplication to the L,ord, and to begin a new life. If 
this be done at stated times; for instance, as often as a man prepares himself 
for the communion of the Holy Supper; and if he afterwards abstain from 
one or more sins, which he then has discovered in himself, it is sufficient to 
initiate him into actual repentance; and when he is in that, he is on the way 
to heaven; for then from natural he begins to become spiritual, and to be 
born anew of the L,ord. 



praters* 



Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Thy name; and deliver 
us, and purge away our sins, for Thy name's sake. Amen. 

2. 

We beseech Thee, O Lord, to impart unto us the strength and purpose to 
keep Thy commandments; implant in us the spirit of obedience to Thy law, 
that we may magnify Thy holy name forever. Amen. 

3, 

Grant, O Lord, that the truth of Thy Word may be engrafted in our 
hearts, and bear fruit to the salvation of our souls, and to the honor and 
glory of Thy holy name, now and evermore. Amen. 

4. 

We pray Thee, O Lord, to open our eyes to behold the wonders of Thy 
Word; breathe into our hearts a spirit of obedience to Thy law, and consecrate 
our lives to Thy service, here and in the heavenly kingdom forever. Amen. 

5, 

Inspire our hearts, O Lord, with the love of Thy truth; purify our affec- 
tions from the dross of this world; turn our thought from every evil way, 
that we may keep Thy law, and worship Thee in spirit and in truth forever. 
Amen. 

6. 

We beseech Thee, O Lord, to grant the light of Thy Word to shine upon 
us, that we may know the things we ought to do, and by Thy power fulfill 
the same in our daily life, to the glory of Thy holy name, now and evermore. 
Amen. 

7. 

O Lord, Thou art He that cometh down from heaven and giveth life unto 
the world; whosoever liveth and believeth in Thee, though he were dead, yet 
shall he live. Lord, increase our faith, that we may believe in Thee, and 
never die. Amen. 



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8. 

Come Thou and dwell with us, we pray Thee, O Lord our God, and in 
Thy mercy grant unto us the power to keep Thy commandments, that in 
keeping them we may receive eternal life, and abide with Thee in Thy king- 
dom forever. Amen. 

9. 

O Lord, incline Thine ear to the voice of our prayer, and enlighten our 
minds by the truth of Thy Word, that we may not walk in the shadow of 
death, but turn unto Thee, who alone art the Light of our life, our Father 
and our God. Amen. 

10. 

Send down Thy blessing upon us, O Lord, and impart unto us the truth 
of Thy Word, that we may see the way that leads to heaven, and walk 
therein, with Thee alone as our strength and our guide, O Lord, our Savior 
and our God. Amen, 

11. 

Grant in Thy Divine Mercy, O Lord, that we may abide in the spirit of 
Thy Word, that we may be faithful to Thy commandments, turning not aside 
to the ways of man, but bearing fruit to Thee, and to the glory of Thy holy 
name forever. Amen. 

12. 

O Lord, our Savior Jesus Christ, who art the Word which was made 
flesh to dwell among us, that we might behold Thy glory, full of grace and 
truth; enter now, we beseech Thee, and reign Thou in us as our God and 
Lord forever. Amen. 

13. 

We pray Thee, O Lord, to let Thy light shine upon us, that we may be- 
hold Thee in Thy Word, that we may acknowledge Thee to be our God, and 
that we may believe in Thee and be saved, through Thy mercy, O Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

14. 

O Lord, we beseech Thee, to draw near unto us and fill us with Thy 
Spirit, that we may humbly confess our sins, and receive power from on high 
to walk in the path of Thy commandments, through Thy mercy, O Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

15. 

We pray Thee, O Lord, for Thy Divine Presence in the teaching of Thy 
Word; kindle in our understandings the light of Thy truth; breathe Thy 
Spirit upon us, that we may know Thy law,. and follow on to know in Thy 
Presence forever. Amen. 



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16. 

We beseech Thee, O Lord our Heavenly Father, to enlighten our minds 
by the spirit of Thy Word, that we may see and know the evils of our sinful 
inheritance, and have power to shun them as sins against Thee, O Lord, our 
Savior and our God. Amen. 

17. 

Be Thou, O Lord, the Lamp of our way and the Light of our path, to 
shine upon us even until the perfect day, when we shall rise to life immortal, 
and know Thee even as Thy holy angels know Thee, through Thy mercy, O 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

18. 

O Lord, our Heavenly Father, feed us with the bread which cometh 
down from heaven, that we may live and not die; for the bread which Thou 
givest is life, and all else is death; grant, O Lord, that we may eat of this 
bread, and live forever. Amen.. 

19. 

We pray Thee, O Lord, to fill us with the spirit of true repentance, that 
in shunning all evil as sin against Thee our hearts may be made new, and 
our spirits strengthened by the truth of Thy Word; then shall we know Thee, 
and love Thy law forever. Amen. 

20. 

We beseech Thee, O Lord, to remove from us, by Thy mighty power, the 
cares and anxieties of the world, that we may acknowledge Thy merciful 
Providence, and worship Thee in spirit and in truth, to the glory of Thy holy 
name, now and evermore. Amen. 

21. 

O Lord Jesus Christ, Thou art our Father, Thou art our God; Thou 
art the Rock of our salvation; in Thee alone is love, from Thee alone is life; 
whosoever believeth in Thee shall be saved; Thy kingdom is over all, and 
Thy mercy endureth forever. Amen. 

22. 

O Lord, inspire our hearts, we pray Thee, with the power of Thy Word; 
fill our understandings with the light of Thy truth, and dispose our lives in 
obedience to Thy law; for Thy words are spirit, and they are life, and all 
Thy works are done in truth. Amen. 

23. 

O Lord, our Savior, we lift up our eyes unto Thee in adoration and wor- 
ship, and pray Thee to reveal Thyself unto us in ever increasing light and 
power, and to strengthen us, that we ma)' turn our faces to Thee, our God, 
and follow Thee for evermore. Amen. 



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24. 

Protect us, O Lord, from the persuasive power of the flesh and the de- 
lusive light of the world; teach us to see and discern between the good and 
the evil way, that we may seek the one and shun the other, by Thy help and 
power, O Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, 

25. 

Empower us from on high, O Lord, with the grace of fidelity to Thy 
precepts; strengthen our wavering footsteps, that we may walk steadfastly in 
Thy law, and praise Thee daily in our deeds of charity and love, through Thy 
mercy, O Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

26. 

O Lord, our Lawgiver and Guide, lead us to love and obey Thy precepts, 
and to delight in learning and doing the truths of Thy Word, that we may 
be gifted with intelligence and wisdom, and bring forth fruit to Thee in Thy 
glory and honor, now and evermore. Amen. 

27. 

Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, and the glory of Thy Word enlighten 
us, enkindling our cold hearts, and inspiring the pure and holy affection of 
Thy truth, that we may not worship Thee in the flesh alone, but in spirit and 
in truth, to the glory of Thy holy name. Amen. 

28. 

O Lord God Almighty, who alone art able to govern the will of man and 
curb the desires of the flesh, grant Thy power to subdue the evil inclination 
of our hearts, that we may love Thy truth, and walk in the path of Thy com- 
mandments, abiding in Thy love forever. Amen. 

29. 

O Lord, we praise Thee and magnify Thy name for Thy goodness and for 
Thy wonderful works; and we beseech a continuance of Thy blessings, which 
are more than we can number, and are new every moment. Grant this, O 
Lord, we pray Thee, for Thy mercy's sake. Amen. 

30. 

Enable us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, to consider our evil meditation and 
our wicked ways, that we may turn unto Thee alone, and receive power to put 
away our perverse inclinations, and so be made clean in body and in spirit, 
through Thy mercy, O Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

31. 

Grant, O Lord, in Thy mercy, that we may see and acknowledge our 
evils, and shun them as sins against Thee; so shalt Thou create in us a new 
heart and a new spirit; for Thou, O Lord, hast all power; great are the won- 
ders of Thy mercy; and Thy truth abideth forever. Amen. 



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32. 

Lord, be with us all the day long of this troublous life, until the shadows 
lengthen and the evening conies, until the busy world is hushed, and the 
fever of life is over, and our work is done. Then in Thy mercy grant a safe 
lodging, and a holy rest, and peace with Thee at the last. Amen. 

33. 

O Lord, our Father in heaven, enkindle, we beseech Thee, the flame of 
Thy love in our hearts, and grant the light of Thy truth to shine in our 
minds, that the words which we speak, and the works which we do, may look 
to Thee and the glory of Thy kingdom, now and evermore. Amen. 

34, 

O Lord, we confess before Thee our sins and manifold transgressions, 
beseeching forgiveness and mercy, imploring power and help to walk in the 
way of Thy commandments, that our hearts may turn unto Thee, and open 
to receive the blessings of Thy bounteous mercy and grace. Amen. 

35. 

O Lord, have mercy upon us, and deliver us from all transgression 
against Thy commandments, that Thy law may be written in our hearts, and 
that Thy words may become unto us the words of eternal life; and that we 
may worship Thee, our God, in spirit and in truth, forever. Amen. 

36. 

We beseech Thee, O Lord, to reveal Thyself unto us in Thine own Divine 
Light; and to manifest Thyself unto us in Thine own Dunne Power, that we 
may see and know the evil desires of our hearts, and turn away from the 
paths of sin and death to walk in the light of Thy truth forever. Amen. 

37. 

Most merciful Lord, our Redeemer Jesus Christ, who overcame the hells, 
and opened unto us the gates of everlasting life; we pray Thee for the con- 
tinuance of Thy Divine work, that all who bear Thy name may glorify Thee 
by a life of obedience and use in Thy heavenly kingdom forever. Amen. 

38. 

We pray Thee, O Lord, to grant unto us the spirit of wisdom and under- 
standing, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the 
fear of the Lord, that Thy law may be written in our hearts, and that in Zion 
and Jerusalem may be deliverance for all who call upon Thy name. Amen. 

39. 

Come Thou, O Lord, we pray Thee, and dwell in our midst, that the body 
of Thy church may be filled with the spirit of Thy Presence, and the hearts 
of all moved to deeds of humble repentance, shunning all evil as sin against 
Thee, and doing all things according to Thy will, now and forever. Amen. 



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40. 

O Lord God, our merciful Heavenly Father, we beseech Thee to 
strengthen us in the hour of spiritual temptation, that we may not yield 
to infernal power, nor fall by the way; and that we, being hurt by no assault 
or persecution, may give thanks unto Thee in Thy heavenly kingdom forever. 
Amen. 

41. 

Look down in pity and compassion upon us, O Lord, in our spiritual 
weakness and infirmity; and in all the dangers that threaten our souls with 
damnation and eternal death, stretch forth Thy right hand, and be Thou ever 
near, to help and defend us, we pray Thee, O Lord, for Thy mercy's sake. 
Amen. 

42. 

Most merciful Lord, who hast all power over hell, and holdest it under 
subjection to Thyself, we pray Thee for Thy Divine Presence in the hour of 
temptation, that the hosts of evil may be turned back, and that we may 
obtain the victory in Thy name, and through Thy mercy, O Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

43. 

O Lord, our Father in heaven; teach us, we pray Thee, to love one 
another as Thou hast loved us; to be merciful as Thou art merciful; to for- 
give as Thou hast forgiven; then shall we follow Thee in all our ways, Thy 
Divine Word shall be implanted in our hearts, and we shall love Thy name 
forever. Amen. 

44. 

We pray Thee, O Lord, for the light of Thy Word to shine in our dark- 
ness, that we may see and acknowledge our evils as sins against Thee, and ab- 
hor them with our whole heart; and that, in turning away from our iniquities, 
we may be made ready to enter into Thy heavenly kingdom, and to abide with 
Thee forever. Amen. 

45. 

We pray Thee, O Lord, for Thy church, the New Jerusalem, that she 
may be firmly established on earth, that all men may be enlightened by the 
spirit of Thy Word, and be inclined to follow Thee where Thou leadest, to 
come unto Thee where Thou dwellest, and live with Thee in a life of happi- 
ness and use forever. Amen. 



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46. 

O Lord, breathe into our hearts, we pray Thee, the love of Thy truth, 
that we may draw near unto Thee, and become Thy humble servants, obeying 
Thy commandments in simplicity of heart, loving Thee above all things, and 
Thy truth for its own sake, that Thou mayest enter into us, and dwell in 
Thine own with us forever. Ame?i. 

47, 

We pray Thee, O Lord, for our civil rulers; may their councils be 
directed in Thy wisdom, and their government exercised in Thy fear; that 
Thy law may reign in our land, and justice be administered before Thee, for 
the good of our common country, and for the advancement of Thy heavenly 
kingdom on earth forever. Amen. 

48. 

O Lord, our support in trial and temptation, our refuge in trouble and 
distress; deliver us, we pray Thee, from all the power of the enemy; grant 
us the defence of Thy Word, hold us in the power of Thy right hand, teach 
us Thy way, and lead us in Thy truth; make manifest Thy mercy, O Lord, 
and grant us Thy salvation. Amen. 

49. 

O Lord, our Redeemer and Savior, help us to lift our eyes unto Thee, 
that we may receive light to dispel the shadows of this earthly life; lead us 
by Thy truth, gift us with intelligence and wisdom, make us humble and 
content with Thy mercies, and guide our footsteps, that we may ascend to 
Thee and receive eternal life. Amen. 

50. 

O Lord God, Savior and Redeemer of the world, descend into our hearts 
this day, and fill them with Thy love; gladden our minds with Thy truth; 
help us to see and acknowledge our sins, and by Thy power remove them 
from our lives, that we may be made worthy of conjunction with Thee, who 
art our Father and our Creator. Amen. 

51. 

We praise Thee, O Lord, and magnify Thy holy name, because Thou 
didst take upon Thee a body of flesh and blood, to manifest Thy power, and 
to redeem and save the lost; and we pray Thee, O Lord, to confirm and 
establish Thy work in the hearts of men, that Thy kingdom may prevail 
upon earth, and endure forever. Amen. 



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52, 

We beseech Thee to hear us, Lord, in these our supplications unto 
Thee, and to dispose our hearts to seek the path of everlasting life, that in 
the midst of trial and temptation we may be defended by Thy truth, and 
safely led through the toil and tribulation of this world into Thy holy Pres- 
ence, and dwell with Thee forever. Amen. 

53, 

We acknowledge, O Lord, that without Thy Divine Presence in Thy 
glorified Human the church is dead, and the way of eternal life is closed. 
Have mercy upon us, and bless Thy church with ever increasing light and 
power, that we may draw near to the gates of Thy heavenly kingdom, to 
enter in and go no more out forever. Amen. 

54. 

We beseech Thee, O Lord, to shed abroad in Thy church the power and 
influence of Thy Holy Spirit, that our minds may be illumined by the light 
of Thy truth, and our hearts enkindled by the fire of Thy love; and so we 
shall be led by Thee, and Thou wilt shew us the path of life, and we shall 
dwell in Thy Presence for evermore. Amen. 

55. 

O Lord, Immanuel, God with us, our Savior and Redeemer Jesus Christ; 
Thou art our Father in the heavens; Thou art the Son of God that came into 
the world; Thou art the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth that leadeth unto 
all truth; Thou art God, and Thou alone, over all the kingdoms of the earth, 
and Thy kingdom shall endure forever. Amen. 

56. 

O Lord Jesus Christ, we would praise Thee for Thy mercy in coming to 
deliver Thy people, and to bless them with the gift of eternal life; and we 
would offer unto Thee the tribute of humble and grateful hearts, obedient to 
Thy will, longing to do Thy service; for we acknowledge Thee alone to be 
our God, our Savior, and our Redeemer. Amen. 

57. 

O Lord, we have sinned against Thee; we have not obeyed Thy law; our 
way is corrupt and defiled; we have cherished ill will against our neighbor; 
we have not put our trust in Thee; grant us Thy saving power, that we may 
have strength to do Thy will; for Thou, O Lord, art our Father and our 
Redeemer; Thy name is from everlasting. Amen. 



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58. 

O Lord, Thou knowest the springs of our life; all the thought of our 
heart is laid open before Thee; from Thee no secret is hid. Enlighten our 
minds, we beseech Thee, that we may see and acknowledge our secret sins 
and open transgressions, and be made clean in body and in spirit, by Thy 
might and power, O Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

59. 

Most merciful Lord God, our Savior and Deliverer; lead us forth, we 
pray Thee, from the bondage of our evils, and from the dominion of the lusts 
of the flesh, into the freedom of Thy heavenly kingdom; help us to be worthy 
of Thy Divine guidance and blessing, that in a life of devotion and service 
we may give glory to Thy holy name forever. Amen. 

60. 

O Lord God of heaven and earth, who from Thine Infinite love and pity 
didst take upon Thee our fallen nature, and didst come to redeem and save; 
come now, we beseech Thee, O Lord, and grant unto us the blessings of Thy 
redeeming work, that we may bear fruit to Thee in works of charity and love, 
through Thy mercy, O Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

61. 

Come Thou to deliver us, O Lord God of hosts, and turn us again, and 
cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved; so that being moved by the 
power of Thy Word, and gifted in Thy mercy with a sincere desire of repent- 
ance, we may go forth with strength to fulfill the duties of our daily life, 
shunning evil and doing good according to Thy will. Amen. 

62. 

O Lord Jesus Christ, almighty and everlasting God, grant unto us that 
our prayers may come before Thee this day from a sincere and humble heart, 
and give us a firm and unchanging purpose to be guided by Thy truth; so 
shall we be made strong in Thy Word, and ever be led in the way of upright- 
ness and peace, to the glory of Thy holy name forever. Amen. 

63, 

Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord God of heaven and earth, that the spir- 
itual truth of Thy Word may enlighten our way, lifting our thought to Thee, 
moving our hearts to love Thy law and do Thy will, leading us away from 
the seductions of the world, and nearer to Thee and the life of Thy kingdom, 
where we shall bless and praise Thy name for evermore. Amen. 



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64. 

O Lord Jesus Christ, who art the living God, the Life and Light of the 
world, we acknowledge that without Thee we are in total darkness, and that 
we love darkness better than light because our deeds are evil. Have mercy 
upon us, and open our eyes to see the wonders of Thy Word, that we may 
know Thy truth, and walk before Thee in uprightness of life all our days. 
Amen. 

65. 

O Lord, our Savior Jesus Christ, who hast all power in heaven and on 
earth, in mercy hear these our supplications unto Thee, and give us strength 
in the hour of temptation, that we may resist the assault of evil spirits, and 
that we may be lifted up by Thy might, no more to fall by the way, or falter 
in our footsteps, as we draw near to the gates of Thy heavenly kingdom. 
Amen. 

66. 

O Lord, our Savior Jesus Christ, we bow before Thee and humbly 
acknowledge our fallen condition, and our need of Thy Divine work of 
Redemption; grant unto us, O Lord, that which Thou alone canst give, the 
power to see Thee in Thy Word, and to follow Thee in the path of Thy com- 
mandments; for unto Thee belongeth all the power and the glory for ever 
and ever. Amen. 

67. 

O Lord, our Savior, we beseech Thee to prepare us, that we may receive 
Thee in heart and faith in Thy Second Coming to restore anew Thy church 
upon earth. Help us to put away self love and the faith of self, to repent of 
the evils that are our inheritance, that we may be brought in Thy mercy to 
the charity of heaven, and that we may love and worship Thee, our Lord, for 
evermore. Amen. 

68. 

O Lord, our Savior and Redeemer; help us to be strong in the practice 
of Thy precepts, looking to Thee alone, and putting away every unholy 
thought and desire; create in us a clean heart, and renew a firm spirit within 
us; so shall Thy mercy bring us into the life of charity and love, into the 
wisdom that cometh from on high, and into the life that is given by the spirit 
of Thy Word. Amen. 

69. 

Come Thou, O Lord, and abide with us, that Thy church may receive 
power from on high, that she may be lifted above the sphere of the world 
and the power of the flesh, that she may be rescued from the hand of the 
merciless destroyer of the souls of men, that she may be enlightened by Thy 
truth, that she may dwell in a world of life and light, and rejoice in praising 
Thee forever. Amen. 



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70. 

We pray Thee, O Lord, to look down in mercy upon all who are afflicted 
in mind or in body; give them patience in suffering, endurance in temptation, 
firmness of purpose and strength of will, that all their trials and distresses may 
be overruled in Thy Divine Mercy for their eternal good, and that they may 
rejoice and be glad in Thee, and ever say, in fulness of heart, O Lord, Thy 
will be done. Amen. 

71. 

O Lord Jesus Christ, we acknowledge that Thou art our Creator, our 
Father, the true God and eternal life; grant, O Lord, that we may confess 
Thee not only with our lips, but in the conduct of our lives, and that we may 
ever worship Thee in sincerity of heart, in singleness of purpose, and in all 
humility, to the glory of Thy name and the uplifting of Thy church, now 
and evermore. Amen. 

72. 

O Lord Jesus Christ, we beseech Thee to bestow upon us the fruits of 
love and charity, and the increase of faith, that we may glory in the light of 
Thy coming, and have power to resist every infernal assault; and that meet- 
ing all temptation in a spirit of endurance and humble acknowledgment of 
Thee, we may rise from the death of sin, and dwell in the life and glory of 
Thy Word forever. Amen. 

73. 

We beseech Thee in Thy mercy, O Lord, to reveal unto us the glory of 
Thy Word; implant in us the spirit of Thy truth; cleanse Thou the thought 
of our heart from all impurity and defilement; and grant us strength to keep 
Thy law, that we may resist all evil suggestion and false imagination; 
whereby, in Thy mercy, heaven shall be opened unto us, and we shall dwell 
in Thy house forever. Amen. 

74. 

Thou art, O Lord, the Life and Light of the world, the Giver of all good, 
the Fountain of all truth, our only Guide on earth, and our only Rest in 
heaven; we pray Thee to illume our minds with the light of Thy truth, and 
kindle our hearts with the warmth of Thy love, that we may grow wise and 
live, not from ourselves, but from Thee, who alone doest wondrous things, 
our Savior, and our God. Amen. 

75. 

O Lord, our Savior Jesus Christ, grant unto us the knowledge of Thy 
truth, that we may put away all unholy thought and sinful desire; that we 
may walk in uprightness before Thee, and speak the truth in our hearts; 
that we may live in the honor and fear of the Lord; and that in a life of daily 
repentance, we may cherish good will to our neighbor, and love Thee our 
Father and our God forever. Amen. 



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76. 

O Lord Jesus Christ, who art Almighty God, Creator of heaven and 
earth, Savior and Redeemer of the world, and who in Thine infinite Love 
and Wisdom didst come to dwell among us in the power and glory of Thy 
Word; grant unto us the light of Thy truth, and impart unto us the power of 
Thy Word, that we may become new creatures in Thy sight, and walk in 
newness of life before Thee forever. Amen. 



Almighty and everlasting God, who comest with all power to save us 
from our sins; have mercy upon us, and breathe Thy Holy Spirit upon all 
that are here assembled, that the deceits and vanities of the world may be 
put away, that our thoughts may ascend to Thee, that our affections may be 
stirred by the power of Thy Word, and that our lips may utter Thy praise in 
sincerity and in truth now and forever. Amen. 

78. 

Accept, O Lord, the confession of sinful hearts, and hearken to the 
prayers of Thy penitent children; for we have done evil in Thy sight, and 
except Thy mercy take hold on us, we cannot be delivered; but Thou, O 
Lord, art our Savior, and hast taught us to hope in Thy Word; help us, we 
beseech Thee, to obey Thy precepts, that we may bring forth the fruits of 
justice, and give glory to Thy holy name. Amen. 

79. 

We bow before Thee, O Lord our Savior, and confess our sins and trans- 
gressions, owning our grievous faults, and acknowledging our un worthiness 
in Thy sight; and we pray Thee to uplift and redeem us from this life of 
evil, and grant that we may feel Thy Divine presence and mercy in the 
delights of heavenly love; then shall we come before Thee with thanksgiving, 
and give glory to Thy holy name forever. Amen. 

80. 

We acknowledge, O Lord, that we are unprofitable servants; we are weak 
and ignorant, and have no power to walk in the way of Thy commandments; 
but Thou art able to enlighten, Thou art able to impart the power to do Thy 
will. Lord, help us, lest we fall and perish by the way; for all our efforts are 
feeble, and vain is the help of man. O Lord, come with Thy saving help to 
succor us, we pray Thee, for Thy mercy's sake. Amen. 

81. 

Accept, O Lord, we beseech Thee, the prayers of Thy penitent servants, 
and hearken unto our humble petitions this day; grant that we may be set 



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free by Thy Divine power from the evils that oppress us; come near unto us, 
O Lord, and hearken unto the voice of our prayer; fill our hearts with Thy 
presence; help us to sustain Thine approach, and make us more and more 
worthy of life with Thee in Thy heavenly kingdom. Amen. 

82. 

O Lord our Savior, we draw near unto Thee in humble prayer to confess 
our fallen state, and to appeal for Thy Divine aid and mercy in the battle of 
life; give us courage to fight against our spiritual foes, and strength that we 
may triumph in Thy name; send Thine angels to defend us, lest we perish by 
the way; and when by Thy help the victory is ours, keep us, O Lord, in 
peace and security, under Thy Divine protection forever. Amen. 

83. 

O Lord God of mercy and love, who hast given us Thy new command- 
ment, that we should love one another as Thou hast loved us; we pray Thee 
to bestow upon us, while yet we live on earth, a mind forgetful of ill will 
to our neighbor, a conscience void of evil thought or design, and a heart sin- 
cere in keeping Thy commandments, that mutual love may prevail on earth, 
and Thy heavenly kingdom be established to endure forever. Amen. 

84. 

O Lord, suffer our hearts this day to be enkindled with the love of Thy 
truth, and in Thy Divine mercy make known unto us all things of our self 
love and love of the world; suppress, we beseech Thee, all the care and anx- 
iety which are born of the flesh and of the unholy desire for earthly things; 
and elevate our minds to the delight of things eternal, that we may serve 
Thee in all our ways, and give glory to Thy holy name forever. Amen. 

35. 

Accept, O Lord, we beseech Thee, our humble acknowledgment that 
Thou alone art able to guard and protect us from the assault of our spiritual 
foes, and from the delights of our own evil intimations; come near unto us, 
O Lord, and lift us up by the might of Thy Divine power, that we may be 
freed from the sinful pleasures of the world, and be brought into the courts 
of Thy heavenly kingdom, to give glory to Thy holy name forever. Amen. 

86. 

We give Thee thanks, O Lord God of heaven and earth, because Thou 
hast in Thy Second Coming laid open to our view the wonders of Thy Word; 
fill us, we beseech Thee, with the Spirit of Thy truth, that we may ever 
guard and keep the same free and untainted from the pride of man; that Thy 
Church, the New Jerusalem, may be securely established on earth, and be 
conjoined with Thee in the power and glory of Thy Word forever. Amen. 



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87. 

We thank Thee, O Lord, that it is our privilege to come unto Thee to 
receive Thy blessing; we thank Thee that when we thirst we may come unto 
Thee and drink; and we pray Thee that we may learn from Thee that Thou 
art the only Source of life; in Thy Light alone shall we see light; lead us, O 
Lord, evermore to Thee, the living Fountain of waters; and grant unto us 
that finally we may dwell with Thee in Thy heavenly kingdom. Amen. 

88. 

O Lord, our Father in the heavens, suffer Thy servants to come before 
Thee this day in humble supplication for Thy Divine blessing; we confess 
that we cannot resist the assault of hell without Thy Divine aid and support ; 
that we cannot do anything good without Thee and Thy constant presence. 
Come near unto us, O Lord, and nourish our spirits with the bread of life, 
that we may not die in our sins, but live to glorify Thy name forever. Amen. 

89. 

O Lord Jesus Christ, who art the Word Incarnate, and the Teacher of all 
men, the God of mercy and truth, the Savior of mankind, and the only way 
to heaven; we pray Thee for the presence of Thy Holy Spirit to enlighten 
us in the reading and hearing of Thy Word, that we may hearken to the 
voice of truth, that we may ever be built in Thee, that we may be moulded 
to Thy Divine image, and walk in the light of Thy countenance forever. 
Amen. 

90. 

We humbly acknowledge, O Lord, that we are weak and frail, and prone 
to wander from the path of Thy commandments; we pray Thee for strength 
to resist our evil inclinations, that our hearts may be purified from every evil 
lust, and our thoughts cleansed from all corrupt and impure suggestion; and 
we pray, O Lord, for understanding, that we may walk in the light of Thy 
Word, and follow Thee in the way to eternal use and rest in Thy kingdom. 
Amen. 

91. 

O Lord, deliver us from the vanity of the world and the allurement of 
the flesh, from the pride of intelligence and the lust of power, from sordid 
avarice and covetous desire, from all murmuring and discontent, from all 
ingratitude to Thee and to our neighbor. And we pray that our hearts may 
be disposed to forgiveness and mercy, and that we may live not for ourselves 
alone, but for Thee and the glory of Thy kingdom, now and evermore. 
Amen. 



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92, 

O Lord Jesus Christ, our Father in the heavens; we acknowledge and 
confess that we have transgressed against Thy commandments times without 
number, and that there is no health in us. O Lord, forgive us our sins, and 
cause the sun of Thy righteousness to rise upon us with healing in his wings; 
that our hearts may be warmed with the sunshine of Thy love, and that we 
may serve Thee in holiness and in righteousness all the days of our life. 
Amen. 

93. 

We pray Thee, O Lord, for Thy Church, the Holy Jerusalem, that she 
may be securely planted among the nations of the earth; that she may be 
preserved unmoved amid the storms and tempests of the world; that she may 
be firmly established on the rock of a living faith in Thee; and that the gates 
of hell may never prevail against her; for Thou, O Lord, art our Strength 
and our Redeemer; Thy name is everlasting, and Thy Word abideth forever. 
Amen. 

94. 

O Lord, our most gracious and merciful Savior, we would bow before Thy 
throne in a humble and lowly spirit, and confess unto Thee our sins, be- 
seeching the judgment of Thy justice, the mercy of Thy love; by our own 
power we cannot be saved, but we ask Thy Divine forgiveness, trusting in 
Thy mercy, and praying for the presence of Thy Holy Spirit to uplift and 
redeem us, and to guide us in the path that leads to Thy heavenly kingdom. 
Amen. 

95. 

O Lord Jesus Christ, Thou all- wise and ever merciful God, we give Thee 
thanks for Thy Divine Word, whereby Thou dost give life and light to all 
Thy creatures, and whereby we have the hope and promise of eternal life; 
strengthen Thou us, we beseech Thee, in the knowledge of Thy truth, and 
lead us by Thy mighty power to shun every evil way, that we may ever 
follow Thee in thought, word, and deed, to the glory of Thy holy name. 
Amen. 

96. 

Almighty God, our Father in heaven, who by Thine incarnation, and by 
Thy glorified Human, hast made a new creation for Thyself; preserve, we 
pray Thee, the work of Thy mercy; cleanse Thou Thy church from the stain 
of sin, free her from the bondage of death, that by Divine Power Thine ever- 
lasting kingdom may be builded in the hearts of men, and the church on 
earth be made one with the church in heaven, to dwell as one before Thee 
forever. Amen. 



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97. 

We pray Thee, O Lord our Savior, for Thy Divine Presence in Thy 
Church to teach and lead in the way of heaven; for we confess that we are 
weak and ignorant, and that of ourselves we can do nothing. Bless Thy 
Church, O Lord, with knowledge and understanding, and grant Thy protec- 
tion from the snares of infernal spirits, that our eyes may be opened to see 
Thee in the glories of Thy Word, and acknowledge Thee as our Lord and 
our God. Amen. 

98. 

O Lord Jesus Christ, who art Immanuel, God with us, the Light of all 
mankind; grant, we beseech Thee, that we may walk with strength and 
courage in the new light of Thy Word which Thou hast revealed unto us, 
and that this Thy light may shine by faith in our minds, that it may inspire 
our hearts with love to Thee and our neighbor, and that it may go forth with 
power into the deeds of our daily life, through Thy mercy, O Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

99. 

O Lord Jesus Christ, who art our High Priest, the true and only Shep- 
herd of Israel; we pray Thee for the ministers of Thy church, that they may 
be filled with the inspiration of Thy Holy Spirit; that they may be endued 
with power from on high; that they may be gifted with spiritual intelligence, 
to set forth the wonders of Thy living Word, and to teach and lead men in 
the way of heaven, for the implanting of Thy church, and for the glory of 
Thy kingdom. Amen, 

100. 

We pray Thee, O Lord, to be with us in the hour of trial and temptation, 
to strengthen and to uphold, to rescue and deliver; for in a spirit of humble 
submission to Thy merciful Providence we would go forward with courage 
and hope in the way wherein Thou leadest, putting away every selfish aim 
and sinful desire, confiding in Thee alone, and following Thee in simplicity 
and sincerity of heart all the days of our life, through Thy mercy, O Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

101. 

We humbly bow before Thee, O Lord our Savior and our God, and pray 
Thee to deliver us from the bondage of sin; we acknowledge that of ourselves 
we are prone to selfish cares and worldly delights, and to every lust of the 
flesh; we ask for freedom from these enemies of our spiritual life, for the 
ability to do good to our fellow man, for trust in Thy Providence and Mercy, 
and for the fruition of a useful life, that Thy will may be done on earth as it 
is done in heaven. Amen. 



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102. 

O Lord, we confess our sins before Thee; our hearts incline to every 
evil way; we have nothing of our own that is good; we think nothing from 
ourselves that is true; from Thee alone are we able to desist from evil and 
do the uses of life; it is of Thy mercy alone that we are saved. Grant unto 
us, O Lord, that we may humbly believe that which we profess, and love 
that which we do, whatsoever may be according to Thy Divine Will and 
Thy Divine Law. Amen. 

103. 

O Lord Jesus Christ, who in Thine own Divine Person didst fulfill the 
law and the prophets ; we beseech Thee to grant unto us the power to keep 
Thy commandments, that all self love, all hatred and revenge, and every 
evil desire, may be removed from our hearts, and Thy will be done on earth 
as it is done in heaven; that in humility, and with forgiveness for all men, 
we may receive from Thee our daily bread, and ascribe unto Thee all power 
and glory forever. Amen. 

104. 

O Lord, our Savior, we would come before Thee with penitent hearts to 
acknowledge our sins, and to ask Thy Divine aid in our effort to walk in Thy 
truth; for without Thy constant presence and help, we cannot rise above our 
low estate into the realms of heavenly life. Grant Thy Divine assistance, 
O Lord, that we may have power from Thee to forsake the evil and choose 
the good, and to come, through Thy mercy, into an abiding faith in Thee, our 
Father and our God. Amen. 

105. 

O Lord, we have wandered from Thy way; we have offended against Thy 
law; we have cherished evil lust and sinful desire; we have yielded to the 
cares and anxieties of the world; we are not content with our lot; our heart 
is cold and our faith is weak; we supplicate Thy mercy and forgiveness; 
grant us the power to turn aside from our sinful ways, that we may follow 
Thee by acts of daily repentance, in a life of obedience to Thy law, from this 
time forth and for evermore. Amen. 

106. 

O Lord, our Savior and Redeemer, instill into Thy servants the fear of 
Thy law, that with a willing heart we may obey Thy commandments. But 
we need Thine uplifting hand, O Lord, and the mercy of Thine infinite love; 
for without Thy gracious help we would be lost forever. Add unto Thy 
manifold blessings, we beseech Thee, the continued presence of Thy Holy 
Spirit, that by the power of Thy Word we may be made pure and undefiled, 
and walk in Thy sight evermore. Amen. 



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107. 

O Lord God, we bow before Thee in humble supplication, beseeching 
Thee for help and power to walk in the way of Thy commandments; for 
Thou art the Author of our life, and our eternal salvation; and we beseech 
Thee to be with us now, O Lord, and lead us to receive Thee with open 
hearts, and to learn of Thee, that we may not abide in the tents of wicked- 
ness, but consecrate our lives to the service of Thy kingdom, and give glory 
to Thy holy name, O Lord most High. Amen. 

108. 

We beseech Thee, O Lord, to order our steps in Thy Word, that no in- 
iquity may have dominion over us; give us strength against our inward foes, 
and mercifully protect us from the powers of darkness; deliver us from self- 
will, pride, and all vain imagination; from prejudice, blindness, and hard- 
ness of heart; save us from the rejection of Thy truth, and from every 
perverse and sinful way; lead us, O Lord, and teach us, that our will may 
not be done, but Thine, O Lord, forever. Amen. 

109. 

O Lord God, our Savior Jesus Christ, Thou art our Deliverer, Thou art 
our God; Thou art all-wise and all-merciful, Thou hast all power; Thou alone 
art able to overcome the evil inclination of our hearts, and remove the power 
of hell within us; left to ourselves, we can do nothing that is good; trusting 
in our own strength, we cannot be saved. Draw near unto us, O Lord, and 
fill us with the Spirit of Thy Presence, that we may confess Thee as our God, 
and worship Thee in heart and life forever. Amen. 

110. 

O Lord, our Redeemer and Savior, who in Thine infinite mercy didst 
overcome death and hell for us; lead us, we beseech Thee, to fulfill Thy Re- 
demption in our lives, by taking up our cross daily and following Thee in a 
life of repentance; strengthen Thou our purpose to put away everything that 
defileth, or worketh abomination, or maketh a lie; lead us to renounce the 
lusts of self and the world, that we may become worthy of Thy kingdom, 
and give glory to Thee in a life of eternal use. Amen. 

111. 

O Lord Jesus Christ, Thou art our Creator and Preserver, Thou hast all 
power, all wisdom, and all knowledge; Thy love is infinite, and Thy way is 
perfect; Thy counsel is just, and Thy mercy is everlasting; and Thou art, 
O Lord, ever near the humble and penitent heart, to comfort and sustain, to 
strengthen and deliver; for Thou art our God and our Redeemer, the light 
of our life, and the only way to heaven; Thou art our faith and our hope, 
our firm foundation, and our exceeding great reward. Amen, 



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112. 

We confess before Thee, O lyord, our Savior, in humility of heart, that 
we are sinners in Thy sight, and that without Thy presence and mercy our 
souls would perish in eternal death; we implore Thy help and Thy Divine 
power to save; protect us from the cunning and device of them that would 
destroy our souls; grant us light from heaven, that we may see and know 
their ways of darkness, and have power to resist, that we may turn to Thee, 
who art our help and strength, our L,ord and our God. Amen. 

113. 

O Lord, we acknowledge that our iniquity is great in Thy sight, and that 
our sins are without number; and we call upon Thee to make known unto us, 
in Thy mercy, the hidden evils of our hearts, that by Thy power we may put 
them away and be cleansed; for Thou knowest our most secret thoughts, and 
all our hidden ways are before Thee. Stretch forth Thy mighty arm, O lyord, 
and uplift Thy fallen children; make us pure in spirit, that we may ever 
magnify Thy holy name in the service of Thy kingdom. Amen. 

114. 

O Ivord God of our fathers, Thou art God in heaven, and rulest over the 
kingdoms of the earth; and in Thy hand is power and might, so that none is 
able to withstand Thee. O our God, wilt not Thou judge our enemies? for 
we have no might against the great troop that cometh against us; neither 
know we what to do; but our eyes are upon Thee, O L,ord our God. Save 
us, we beseech Thee, and gather us from among the nations, that we may 
give thanks unto Thy holy name, and triumph in Thy praise. Amen. 

115. 

Most merciful Lord God, who in Thy Second Coming hast manifested 
Thyself unto us in the power and glory of Thy Word; open the eyes of those 
that sit in darkness and the shadow of death, that they may see Thy truth, 
and acknowledge Thee in Thy Divine Human as the God of heaven and 
earth, our I^ord and Savior Jesus Christ; and we pray Thee, O Lord, that all 
who confess Thee, and call upon Thy name, may rise and walk in the light 
of Thy countenance, and glory in the power of Thy Word forever. Amen. 

116. 

O Lord, our Father and Protector, we humbly offer unto Thee the tribute 
of a thankful heart, and the sacrifice of a willing spirit, for we acknowledge 
Thee alone to be our God; and we would forsake the prince of this world, 
and the gods of the nations, to worship Thee alone. Help us, O L,ord, to 
give up the delights of self and the world without bitterness or regret, and to 
come into the joy of a heavenly life, that we may give our souls unto Thee, and 
the work of our hands to the upbuilding of Thine eternal kingdom. Amen, 



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117. 

O L,ord, we have fallen away from Thee; we have departed from the pre- 
cepts of Thy Word; we have loved the ways of the world; we have indulged 
the desires of the flesh; we have coveted that which is not our own; we have 
thought ill of our neighbor; we have been impatient with the ways of the 
Ivord; we are in bondage to sin, and are guilty in Thy sight; have mercy 
upon us, O Ivord; pardon our iniquities, and fill us with the spirit of Thy 
Word, that we may forsake all and follow Thee, and obey Thy voice forever. 
Amen. 

118. 

O I/ord, our Redeemer, remove from us, we pray Thee, the enemies 
that beset our path; enlighten our minds by Thy truth, that we may recog- 
nize our hidden foes; make us to see the real obstacles that prevent the 
growth of spiritual life within us; give us strength to abide by the true faith 
and the worship of the true God; protect us when the enticement of evil 
would lead us away from Thee; and bring us, O Iyord, in Thy mercy, to the 
promised land of prosperity and use, where Thou alone art King and Ruler 
overall. Amen. 

119. 

Come, we beseech Thee, O I^ord our Savior, and reveal Thyself unto us 
in the power and glory of Thy Word, that Thy Church, the New Jerusalem, 
may be builded on the earth; and when foes within and without would 
invade and endeavor to destroy, then wilt Thou, O Ivord, manifest Thy pres- 
ence and Thy power to protect and deliver, to guard and to guide in the path 
of peace and safety; then shall Thy Church be preserved, and become the 
blessing and crown of the ages, the everlasting seminary of Thy heavenly 
kingdom. Amen. 

120. 

Most holy I^ord God, we bow ourselves before Thee and acknowledge 
that we are miserable sinners, transgressors against Thy law, inclined to 
every evil way; but Thy tender mercy, O Lord, is great, and Thou art ever 
ready to hear the cry of them that grieve because of sin; we would turn our 
faces now to Thee, O lyord, and would beseech Thee to cleanse our defile- 
ment by the power of Thy Word; and give us strength to resist, and courage 
to go forward in the path of life, we pray Thee, in Thy mercy, O Jesus Christ 
our Ivord. Amen. 

121. 

We bow in lowliness and fear, O L^ord, before the tribunal of Thy 
justice, and ask Thy forgiveness and the removal of our sins; for we would 
be uplifted and saved from the evils that make us unworthy of Thy pres- 



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ence, that rob us of the delight of a heavenly life, and lead us away from 
the worship of the true God. Inspire our acts with charity, O L,ord, and 
gift us with the light of intelligence, that we may be glad in obedience to 
Thy Word, rejoicing in Thy truth, and following Thee in the life that leads 
to heaven. Amen. 

122. 

O Ivord, our Savior, our Shepherd and our Guide; grant, we beseech 
Thee, a measure of Thy great goodness and mercy, that we may love one 
another as Thou hast loved us; that we may be brothers in the truth, friends 
in adversity, companions in affliction, knit together by the bonds of heavenly 
charity, and that with one accord we may look to Thee for all the light of 
life; for we would be led by Thee alone in the path of righteousness and 
truth to the fold where Thou art the only Shepherd of Israel, our Father 
and our I/ord. Amen. 

123. 

O Iyord, our Redeemer, suffer us to kneel before Thee in humble prayer 
and supplication; for our transgressions are great, and we are unworthy of 
Thy Divine forgiveness; but we would ask Thy mercy and Thy help, that 
we may escape from the paths of wickedness, nevermore to walk therein. 
Be gracious unto us, O Ivord, and look down upon Thy servants, that we may 
live; uplift us by the power of Thy truth, and redeem us by Thy might, that 
we may enter into Thy courts with praise, and into Thy habitations with 
thanksgiving. Amen. 

124. 

Blessed art Thou, O Ivord, who hast granted unto us the truth of Thy 
Word to shine in the midst of our darkness, and who fillest us with the 
power to keep Thy commandments; hear our prayer, O Lord, and send down 
upon us the fulness of Thy mercy and compassion; be Thou ever present 
with us to protect us in temptation, and to deliver us from every assault and 
crafty invention of the enemy; may we never yield to evil power and cunning 
device; for it is Thine to rescue and deliver, Thine to pity and save, O most 
merciful I^ord. Amen. 

125. 

Iyead us, O Lord, to love the bread of eternal life as the daily sustenance 
of our souls; bring us to the living Fountain of waters, that Thou may est re- 
fresh and quicken us, helping us to receive Thy gift by a willing sacrifice of 
this world's life. And we pray, O L,ord, that the children also, which Thou 
hast given us, may. be guarded and nourished, and learn to love Thy Word, 
that these Thy lambs may become sheep of Thy pasture. Feed us one and 
all, our Father, and prepare us to enter into Thy heavenly sheepfold, to go 
no more out forever. Amen. 



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126. 

Lord God of heaven and earth, who hast given Thy Word to be a lamp 
unto our feet, and a light unto our path; descend, we beseech Thee, into our 
minds, and by Thy Holy Spirit enlighten us in the truths of eternal life; lead 
us, O Lord, by a knowledge of Thy Word to a life of order and use; cast away 
from us the errors of human thought and ways, and grant that we may be 
steadfast in our journey out of the darkness and night of this world into the 
day of heaven, where we shall dwell in the light of Thy countenance for- 
ever. Amen. 

127. 

O Lord, our merciful Heavenly Father, we give Thee thanks that Thou 
hast revealed Thyself to Thine erring creatures, by coming to us in our low 
estate, and offering us the protection of Thy holy arm, and the healing 
power of Thy mercy; and we humbly pray Thee to keep us in the way of Thy 
statutes, leading us to observe Thy law with the whole heart. May we be 
mindful of Thy nearness in all that we do, so that in holy fear we may so 
conduct our lives that Thy will may be done on earth as it is done in 
the heavens. Amen. 

128. 

Almighty and everlasting God, our Father in the heavens, who came 
into the world to save us from our sins, that we might not perish in eternal 
death; reveal now Thy mercy unto us, O Lord, and breathe Thy Holy 
Spirit upon us, that the deceits and vanities of the world being put away, 
our hearts may be lifted up, and our thoughts ascend to Thee in the light 
and glory of Thy Word; for Thou alone art holy, and all things of our own 
are evil in Thy sight; but Thy mercy, O Lord, is great, and the truth of 
Thy Word is forever. Amen. 

129. 

O Lord, we acknowledge that we need Thy mercy every hour, that we 
are prone to look to the things of earth alone, and not to the verities of Thy 
heavenly kingdom; without Thy sustaining help we are quickly led into the 
paths of rebellion against Thy will. Grant us, O Lord, we beseech Thee, 
the light of Thy wisdom, the warmth of Thy love, and the strength of Thy 
presence, that we may be moved to serve Thee with faithfulness of heart, 
and be brought to the felicity of eternal life, by Thy might and power, O 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

130. 

O Lord, our Savior Jesus Christ, we acknowledge our low and fallen 
state, and that we have wandered far away from Thee, and from the perfect 
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from us, for we are weak and helpless, and without Thee can do nothing. 
But we would pray for the desire to keep Thy commandments, and the will 
to follow Thee wherever Thou dost lead; and then Thou, O Lord, shalt 
breathe into our nostrils the breath of life, and we shall live and bless Thee 
in Thy kingdom forever. Amen. 

131. 

O Lord, our Heavenly Father, who art the Leader and Nourisher of Thy 
Church; we pray Thee for the prosperity of Thy New Jerusalem, beseeching 
Thee to come unto the sons of men in the power and glory of Thy Word. 
And we pray Thee this day to strengthen our hands in the doing of Thy com- 
mandments, to gladden our hearts in the joy of Thy truth, and to implant in 
us the spirit of Thy works, that our lives may speak of Thee, that we may 
blossom as a fruitful land, and be gathered at the day of Thy harvest into 
Thine everlasting kingdom. Amen. 

132. 

Lord of hosts, God of all the armies of heaven, we bow before Thee 
in humble acknowledgment that we need Thy constant help in the battle of 
life, that without Thine almighty aid we cannot but fall before the assaults 
of hell. Arouse in our hearts, O Lord, the love of righteousness and truth, 
lead us to sincere and earnest repentance; for we look unto Thee alone for 
strength in the combat, for victory over our secret sins and open transgres- 
sions, and over the evil spirits who inspire them. O Lord of hosts, blessed 
is the man that trusteth in Thee. Amen. 

133. 

O Lord, our Redeemer and Savior, guide us in the path that leads to the 
heavenly land of promise, and grant that we may go forward step by step 
therein; help us to overcome the enemies that beset our way, and to cast out 
the foes that hate Thy holy name. Suffer us to come ever nearer to Thy 
Divine perfection; but save us, we beseech Thee, from the belief that we 
can ever be as Thou, for Thou alone art perfect. Bring us, O Lord, into 
the plenty and peace of heaven, into the uses and joys of eternal life, we 
pray Thee for Thy mercy's sake. Amen. 

134. 

O Lord our Heavenly Father, Thou Shepherd of Israel, and the eternal 
Guardian of Thy Church, who teachest our hands to war and our fingers to 
fight; grant us, we beseech Thee, the power to resist the foes of our spiritual 
household, that we may be delivered from the enemies of Thy kingdom, and 
that Thine excellence may be established within us; for we confess that of 
ourselves we have no power to meet the assaults of the wicked, and that we 
need Thy constant help. Thou art, O Lord, our High Tower and our Deliv- 
erer, our strength and our Redeemer. Amen. 



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135. 

O Thou ever present Lord, our Heavenly Father, and our eternal support 
in a righteous life; kindle our hearts, we beseech Thee, with a desire for Thy 
Truth; inspire us to receive Thee in Thy Word, wherein Thou hast come to 
bless us with the joys of heaven; help us to resist all indifference toward the 
things of eternal life; sustain, O Lord, our effort to put away all contempt 
for the means of our salvation; open Thou our hearts and minds, that we 
may embrace Thy Truth in sincere obedience, and that we may ever give our 
loyal allegiance to Thy Church on earth. Amen. 

136. 

O Lord, most gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of infinite kind- 
ness; draw near unto us, we pray Thee, that we may receive the life-giving 
warmth of Thy Divine Love; clothe us with Thy Truth, that we may be fitted 
to receive Thee at Thy coming; suppress, we beseech Thee, the evil fires that 
consume our spiritual life, that we may not despise Thee, or hate our fellow 
men; that we may have thought and consideration for one another; that we 
may receive charity in our hearts, have faith in Thy Divine Providence, and 
give glory to Thee in a life of use forever. Amen. 

137. 

Redeem us, O Lord, we beseech Thee, from the hand of our spiritual 
enemies, from the oppression of infernal spirits; save us from our own lusts, 
from the pride of man and the vanity of the world, from all selfish gratifica- 
tion and pleasure; help us to shun impatience, anxiety, and all distrust of 
Thy Providence, for we would commit all things into Thy gracious hands. 
And when, by Thy might and power, we shall be delivered from the snares 
of evil, lead us, O Father, into the company of those who love the ways of 
heavenly use in the peace of Thy kingdom. Amen. 

138. 

O Lord God, Thou art merciful and just; there is wisdom in all Thy 
ways; Thou visitest the evil and the good; Thou makest Thy rain to descend 
upon the just and the unjust. Neither wilt Thou destroy the righteous with 
the wicked. Far be it from Thee to do after this manner, to slay the right- 
eous with the wicked. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? Thy 
salvation, O Lord, is unto all that walk in uprightness; Thou savest all 
who shun the wicked path and learn of Thee. Let Thy mercy, O Lord, 
be upon us, according as we hope in Thee. Amen. 

139. 

O Lord God Almighty, strengthen us in Thy Word, and awaken spiritual 
life within us; descend, we beseech Thee, and dwell with us in the holiness 
of Thy Divine Presence, keeping us steadfast in the regenerate life, in loyalty 



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to Thy Church and her teachings, and in the daily life of repentance; support 
us in our effort to understand Thy truth, and lead us into the good of 
heavenly happiness. Add, we beseech Thee, to the bounties Thou hast already 
bestowed, for without Thy perpetual care and sustenance we cannot overcome 
the powers of evil and attain unto life eternal. Amen. 

140. 

We confess unto Thee, O Lord, that we need Thy strength and support 
at all times, in trouble and temptation, in peace and victory, and that from 
Thee alone do we have life and power; help us, we beseech Thee, so to order 
our lives, that we may be governed in all things by the laws of Thy heavenly 
kingdom, looking to Thee alone, while doing good to our neighbor; that we 
may be endowed with wisdom and intelligence, and with all the graces and 
blessings of angelic life; we ask this, O Lord, knowing that Thou givest of 
Thy bounty to all who stay their lives on Thee. Amen. 

141. 

Most merciful Lord, we have turned away from Thee into the paths of 
error and sin; we have followed the devices of our own hearts; we have 
transgressed against Thy law, in thought, word, and deed; we have wandered 
from Thy commandments; we have yielded to the allurements of the world 
and the flesh; we have neglected the works of repentance; we have re- 
belled against Thy merciful Providence. Have mercy upon us, and deliver 
us from our sins; strengthen us in all good, and bring us into everlasting 
life, through Thy mercy, O Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

142. 

O Lord our God, who travellest in the multitude of Thy strength, look 
down in pity and compassion upon us Thy weak and sinful creatures; for- 
sake us not, O Lord; lead us, we beseech Thee, by the might of Thy Divine 
Truth, and let Thy glory shine upon Thy servants. We acknowledge that 
we are not worthy of the least of all Thy mercies; but Thou, O Lord, art 
gracious and full of compassion, and we implore Thee to let Thy loving 
kindness and Thy truth continually preserve us; protecting us from all evil, 
and bringing us into the joy and use of eternal life. Amen. 

143. 

O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like unto Thee in heaven above 
or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with Thy servants 
that walk before Thee with all their heart; and now, O Lord, we make our 
humble prayer and supplication unto Thee, confessing our great sins, and 
imploring Thy mercy; hear Thou, O Lord, in heaven, Thy dwelling place, 
and forgive, and do unto us as seemeth good in Thy sight; give to every man 
according to his ways, whose heart Thoi knowest; for Thou, even Thou 
alone, knowest the hearts of all the children of men. Amen. 



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144. 

We acknowledge Thee, O Lord, to be our God and Savior; Thine is 
all power in heaven and on earth, and with Thee, O Lord, is love and mercy; 
but we are miserable sinners in Thy sight; our iniquities are more than we 
can number, we are fallen in the dust and darkness of death, and are 
not able to rise again; but Thou, O Lord, art able to lift us up; Thou art 
able to rescue and deliver; come Thou, our Father, and reveal Thy mercy, 
that we may rise in the strength of Thy might, and walk before Thee 
with gladness of heart in the land of the living. Amen. 

145. 

O Lord, we beseech Thee to be ever with us in temptations, to guard 
and protect us from our evils; for without Thee, and Thine ever -abiding 
presence, we are a constant prey to our own self will and pride. We would 
surrender ourselves, O Lord, to Thy gracious leading; for we acknowledge 
that we are not able to guide our own footsteps or walk by ourselves alone; 
but Thou, O Lord, art able to point the way and lead therein. Be Thou our 
Guide and our Strength, and go Thou with us in all the long and narrow way 
that leadeth unto life, we pray Thee for Thy mercy's sake. Amen. 

146. 

We look unto Thee, O Lord God, our Savior and Protector, for the hope 
of eternal life; guard us, we beseech Thee, from the dangers that beset our 
pathway through this world's labor, trial, and sin; bring us into a steadfast 
purpose to walk in the way to heaven; give us strength to endure even to 
the end. And help us, O Lord, so to order our steps in Thy Word, that 
when we ascend on high, we may enter with everlasting joy into that com- 
munion of angels and men, by which Thou wilt preserve Thy Church, and 
lead all the nations of the earth to rejoice in Thy name. Amen. 

147. 

Lord, our blessed Redeemer, we humbly bow before Thee in confession 
of our sins, and in prayer for deliverance by Thy might and power; we ask 
Thine aid, that we may open our hearts to Thy merciful leading; help us to 
put away our selfishness and hard-heartedness, our wilfulness and pride, that 
we may be cleansed of all that is opposed to heavenly love and charity; enable 
us to order our lives in Thy Truth, to be governed in all things by Thy pre- 
cepts, to overthrow the dominion of evil, and humbly to submit in all things 
to the guidance of Thy merciful Providence, now and forever. Amen. 

148. 

Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do Thou for Thy name's 
sake save us; for our backslidings are many, and we have sinned against 
Thee. Thou Hope of Israel, the Savior thereof in time of trouble, why 
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turneth aside to tarry for a night ? Why shouldest Thou be as a man astonied, 
as a mighty man that cannot save? yet Thou, O Lord, ait in the midst of 
us, and we are called by Thy name; O leave us not; and we shall wander 
no more, and shall refrain our feet from our evil ways forever. Amen, 

149. 

O Lord our God, we bow before Thee in humility and fear; for our 
iniquities are increased upon us, and our trespass is grown up unto heaven. 
And now, O Lord, what shall we say? seeing that we have forsaken Thy 
commandments, and done evil in Thy sight. But Thou, O Lord, art right- 
eous, Thy loving kindness is unto all the sons of men, and we hope in Thy 
mercy. Grant, we beseech Thee, the grace of Thy Divine Presence, that we 
may be moved to a diligent repentance, that we may abide in Thy truth all 
our days, and become worthy children of our Father in heaven. Amen. 

150. 

O Lord, our Heavenly Father, who openest the eyes of the blind and the 
ears of the deaf; we pray Thee to take away from us, and from all who would 
be Thy children, the unwillingness to be led by Thee alone; grant that we 
may love and desire the truth which Thou hast given to lead us in the way 
to heaven; help us to seek that truth continually from joy of heart, that 
we may learn more and more of the true heavenly life, that we may put 
away all that is earthly and selfish, and that we may find in our daily ex- 
perience a delight which can come from Thee, O Lord, alone. Amen. 

151. 

O Lord God, our Savior and Regenerator, we would put away from our 
lives the unholy desire to merit for our own goodness; we would put away 
the love for all that is pleasing to our unregenerate nature, that we may 
receive a new spirit and a new heart from Thee, which shall lift us up into 
the sphere of angelic life. Remove from us, we beseech Thee, the trammels 
of earthly love, for we would be set free, and commit our souls to Thy 
keeping; teach us, O Lord, to sacrifice the sacrifice of thanksgiving with 
a willing heart, that we may give praise to Thy holy name forever. Amen. 

152. 

Father in heaven, our gracious Lord and Savior, we humbly pray Thee 
for the power to search out and overcome our evil thoughts and intentions; 
help us to go to Thy Word, and to learn its heavenly truths, that we may 
become intelligent and wise, that we may put away self love and the desire 
of worldly things, and come into true charity and love towards Thee; help 
us to acknowledge Thy Providence in all our affairs; when temptation arises, 
defend us against the assaults of evil, and grant that we may conquer in Thy 
name; and unto Thee shall we give all power, glory, and praise forever. 
Amen. 



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153. 

Most mighty Lord and merciful Father, whose love is infinite, who hast 
compassion upon all men, and who wiliest not that any should die the death 
of sin; look down in Thy mercy upon us, laden with the burden of our sins, 
which yet rule over us; but Thou, O Lord, art able to overcome the power of 
hell; Thou art able to rescue and deliver; come Thou and help us, O Lord, 
and grant Thy strength, that we may go forward, with humble and repentant 
hearts, in the path of trial and conflict, that we may be prepared, through the 
tribulations of this mortal life, for use and rest in Thy heavenly kingdom. 
Amen, 

154, 

We give Thee thanks, O Lord, our Savior Jesus Christ, for the insti- 
tution of Thy Church, for the teaching of Thy Word, for the ministry of 
worship, and for all the means which Thou hast appointed, whereby men 
are called to repentance and eternal life; and we pray Thee, O Lord, that 
Thy Word may be proclaimed throughout the world, and Thy salvation to 
all people, that the earth may be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as 
the waters cover the sea, and that all nations may look unto Thee and be 
saved; for Thou alone art God, and Thy kingdom alone shall endure forever. 
Amen. 

155. 

O Lord, all-merciful, all-wise, and all-powerful; sustain and strengthen, 
we beseech Thee, the good of life in Thy Church, and withhold the footsteps 
of Thy people from the ways of a wicked and perverse generation; lift them 
up in Thy good pleasure to the height of heavenly wisdom and power, that 
they may resist with courage and fortitude the onslaught of evil spirits, who 
despise Thy holy name; cherish in the hearts of all a love of the pure and 
genuine truth of the Word, and the delights of charity and use, ever preserv- 
ing Thy servants therein, we pray Thee, O Lord, for Thy mercy's sake. 
Amen. 

156, 

O Lord, we lift up our hearts unto Thee, who hast come again in the 
glories of heavenly truth; bless us, we pray, with the new life now unfolded 
in Thy Word; illumine our minds with the truths of enlightened reason, and 
dispel the fallacies of error. Send forth Thy Holy Spirit, O Lord, to renew 
and regenerate, to comfort in affliction and trial, and to sustain us in the 
journey to heaven; for we would not turn aside from the straight path that 
leads to Thee, nor seek another way than that of Thine own appointment, — 
even the way of repentance, self-denial, and diligent labor in Thy vineyard. 
Amen. 



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157. 

We bow ourselves before Thee, O Ivord, and make humble supplication 
for mercy and forgiveness; we acknowledge that we have sinned against 
heaven and in Thy sight, and are not worthy to be called Thy children; we 
have cherished evil intent against our neighbor, and have murmured against 
Thee and the ways of Thy Providence; but Thou, O Lord, art full of com- 
passion and long suffering, and we beseech Thee to pour out upon us the 
fulness of Thy Spirit, that we may be uplifted and set free, and that we may 
ever walk steadfastly in the paths of Thy gracious leading, for Thy mercy's 
sake. Amen. 

158. 

Ivord God, our Creator and Redeemer, we would confess Thine infinite 
mercy toward a fallen race, and Thine everlasting goodness to the sons of 
men; and we would acknowledge in humility of heart, that without Thy 
presence and unceasing care, damnation and eternal death would be our lot 
and portion. And now, O Lord, in offering up our prayer to Thee, we sup- 
plicate Thy continued presence and mercy, that we may put away all self 
leading, that we may walk in the light of Thy Truth, and that we may submit 
our lives in all things to the government of Thy Divine Providence, now and 
evermore. Amen. 

159. 

O Lord, our blessed Savior, 'we give Thee thanks for Thy marvellous 
works; and we lift up our voices this day in praise of Thy great goodness 
and mercy to all Thy creation; though we are less worthy than all, Thou 
hast deigned to visit us with Thy redeeming power, to come upon this earth, 
to live and conquer here for our sakes, and to bless all peoples by this Thy 
mercy. We would become angels of Thy kingdom, O Lord, whom Thou 
sendest as messengers of good to Thy creatures everywhere, that we may 
enter into the joy of our Lord, and dwell in the sphere of heavenly use for 
evermore. Amen. 

160. 

O Lord God, our Father in the heavens, hear Thou our prayer, we 
beseech Thee, and send down upon us Thy Divine blessing; bestow upon 
us, O Lord, the gift of intelligence and wisdom, and open unto us the 
secrets of Thy Word, that we may know ever better how to serve Thee; 
lift our thoughts above the narrow sphere of our self-life, above the false 
light of the world; and grant that we may have power from on high to look 
on our own infirmities, and be healed by Thy might and Thy mercy, so that 
we may attain to the perfection and glory of the heavenly life with Thee 
in Thy kingdom. Amen. 



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161. 

O Lord, we beseech Thee to be with us continually; teach, enlighten, 
and lead us, since of ourselves we cannot do anything that is good; and grant 
unto us that we may live; protect us lest the devil seduce us and instill evil 
into our hearts, for we know that when we are hot led by Thee, the devil 
leads us, and inspires evils of every kind, hatred and revenge, cunning and 
deceit, even as a serpent infuses poison; for he is ever present, exciting and 
continually accusing; and wheresoever he meets with a heart turned away 
from God, he enters in and dwells there, and draws that soul down to hell. 
O Lord, deliver us ! Amen. 

162. 

Most Holy Lord God of hosts, before whom cherubim and seraphim fall 
prostrate and cry aloud, because of Thy greatness and because of Thy mercy; 
we bow ourselves down, when from afar we look toward the gates of Thy 
holy temple, and pray that Thou wilt not forget us, nor withdraw Thy hand 
from us; for Thou alone art our hope and our deliverance; Thou alone art 
able to rescue from the tyranny of our evil lusts, and from the phantasies of 
our perverted imagination; give us light from Thy Word, O Lord, and life 
from Thine overflowing bosom, for Thou alone art our refuge, and we know 
no Savior beside Thee. Amen. 

163. 

We would come before Thee, O Lord, with a heart full of prayer for 
guidance, and for aid in the uplifting of our lives from the phantasy and 
darkness of this world into the blessed communion of the angels of heaven; 
and we beseech Thee, O Lord, to fill this house with the blessed fragrance of 
heavenly delight in Thy Truth, that our hearts may be inspired by Thy love, 
that our prayers may ascend as sweet incense unto Thee, and that our eyes 
may be permitted to see heaven opened, and the blessed messengers of God 
ascending and descending upon the Son of Man, even upon Thee, our Lord 
and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. 

164. 

O Lord, our Redeemer and Savior; we would call unto Thee in humility 
of spirit, and beseech Thee to help Thy Church, the New Jerusalem, that 
she may be builded on the firm foundations of Thy Word; lend Thy wisdom 
to her counsels, and send confusion upon her enemies, — the evil hosts, who 
would destroy Thy heritage with men; and grant unto each one of us, O 
Lord, a helping measure of Thy saving Spirit, that we may be true and loyal 
subjects of Thy kingdom; and that thus Thy Church, O Lord, may stand 
before Thee in the beauty of holiness, a joy unto all the earth, forever filled 
with the Spirit of the Lord. Amen. 



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165. 

O Lord our Redeemer and eternal Protector; be with Thy Church in all 
her trials and adversities; guide and guard the flock of Thy pasture, and 
defend Thy sheep when the wolf cometh; for without Thy constant and 
watchful care, without the might of Thy Truth, we cannot but fall a prey 
to the enemy that cometh forth against us. And inspire, O Lord, all who 
are of Thy fold with a true spirit of love for the things of heaven, that they 
may have the power of wisdom from Thee, and resist the snares of darkness. 
Grant that we may become stronger and ever stronger in our allegiance to 
Thee, our only God and Savior. Amen. 

166. 

O Lord, our Heavenly Father, help us, we beseech Thee, to put away 
from before Thee all that is unworthy of Thy name; give us strength to resist 
the thought of merit in our own deeds, that we may live as Thou hast com- 
manded us, and worship at Thine altar in sincerity and truth. Drive away 
from us, O Lord, the spirit of self-righteousness, self-glory, and self-conceit, 
the pride of our own goodness; lift up our hearts and minds unto Thee, from 
whom alone cometh our help, that we may see and acknowledge our own 
weakness and infirmity, and be brought into heavenly happiness by serving 
Thee in the uses of thy kingdom. Amen. 

167. 

We call upon Thee, ever blessed Lord and Savior, from whom cometh 
the Spirit of truth and righteousness, and pray Thee for the graces of a 
regenerate life. We acknowledge that we need the presence and sustaining 
power of Thy Divine mercy every moment, to protect and save us from the 
assaults of the wicked, and from the allurements of our own depraved in- 
clinations. Help us to be worthy of Thy name, and to cherish all that Thou 
hast given us, quickening that which is weak and ready to die, so that when 
we awake to a higher life, we may be found ready to stand in Thy presence, 
and receive the reward of eternal life. Amen. 

168. 

O Lord God, Thou all-powerful Redeemer of mankind, Thou who keepest 
our hands from doing evil, and our lips from speaking iniquity; lift up our 
minds, we pray Thee, and keep us in heavenly power over all evil and sin 
against Thee; lead us to forsake our pride and self will, and to seek in humil- 
ity the mercy of Thy Divine forgiveness; give us strength and inclination, 
might and endeavor, to overcome the evils which Thy Truth hath revealed 
unto us; stay, we beseech Thee, the uprising of hell and of Satan within us, 
and bring us safely through the path of this world's trial to the peace and 
satisfaction of eternal life in Thy kingdom. Amen. 



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169, 

We give Thee thanks, O Lord our Heavenly Father, for Thy constant 
care and protection over us, and for all Thy tender mercies, which are over 
all Thy works; give us strength to cooperate with Thee in shunning our 
evils as sins against Thee; may Thy will be done in our hearts, as it is done 
in heaven; we would lay down our lives, O Lord, that we may receive life 
from Thee; open Thou the door of our hearts, that Thou may est come in and 
sup with us, and we with Thee; O Lord, lead us by Thy Truth, and teach us, 
that Thou mayest be with us always, our Guide and Protector, even unto 
death; and grant Thou then a crown of life. Amen. 

170. 

O Lord God of the nations, Thou who teachest our hands to war, and our 
fingers to fight, our Fortress, our High Tower, and our Deliverer; strengthen 
us in Thy Truth, O Lord, that we may overcome the evils that assault us in the 
temptations of life; help us to be valiant in the defence of Thy Church, loving 
her teachings and her life as a precious heritage. Enlighten her sons and 
daughters, O Lord, and lead them forward in the warfare of regeneration, 
that Thy Church ma}' grow upon the earth, and that the time may be hastened 
when all peoples and nations shall dwell in Thy light, and send up songs of 
thanksgiving unto Thee, O Lord, our Savior. Amen. 

171. 

O Lord, most gracious and merciful, who didst take upon Thyself our 
infirm nature, and didst overcome the passion and unrest of human frailty; 
we pray Thee for Thy Divine aid in our combat against the lusts of this world 
and the desires of the flesh, that we may be led by Thee into the light and 
power of heavenly wisdom and faith; enter our weak and changing minds, O 
Lord, and strengthen our purpose; enable us to overthrow the tempter's rule; 
and when, by Thy Divine help, the battle is won, continue the presence of 
Thy Holy Spirit with us to uplift and refresh, to instruct us anew in Thy law, 
and to lead us in the paths of peace for evermore. Amen. 

172. 

O Lord God our Savior, look down, we beseech Thee, upon the infirmities 
of Thy children, and grant Thy Divine aid that we may overcome them, and 
be made perfect even as our Father in heaven is perfect; help us to go for- 
ward in the way Thou hast ordained, learning Thy truth, putting aside evil 
by strenuous resistance, and doing good by daily endeavor in the uses of 
charity, looking not for reward, striving not for gain, but for the worthy 
performance of all that our hand findeth to do, seeking not the honor of 
princes and captains, but the right to be called Thy servants, and to do Thy 
will, through Thy mercy, O Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



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173. 

O Lord, our everlasting strength, help us by Thy power to advance in the 
life of regeneration, to go forward step by step in the path which Thou Thy- 
self hast established and ordained; inspire us by Thy Holy Spirit to learn 
from Thy Word continually, to desire the knowledge of heaven as the ever- 
lasting water of life; and as we come more and more into the understanding 
of Thy Truth, fill us, O Lord, with the spirit of heavenly life; lift us above a 
faith which is empty and devoid of charity; make us worthy to be called Thy 
children, who walk in the light of Thy Truth and Thy Love; for Thou, O Lord, 
art our Father, our Guide, and our Savior to eternity. Amen. 

174. 

O Lord Jesus Christ, our Father in the heavens, we lift up our eyes unto 
the mountain of Thy holiness, from whence cometh our help, even unto 
Thee, O Lord, the Maker of the heavens and the earth; and we pray Thee, 
O Lord, to join our souls unto Thee in a covenant which shall not be for- 
gotten, that we may have power from on high to do Thy will, that we may 
abide forever in Thy love, and that Thy Church, the New Jerusalem, may 
become as one before Thee, the Bride and Wife of the Lamb. Then, O Lord, 
shalt Thou restore love truly conjugial to the children of men, and Thy 
heavenly kingdom shall reign triumphant on the earth, and endure forever. 
Amen. 

175. 

O Lord, we confess that we are weak and sinful, that we are unworthy to 
stand in Thy presence, that Thou alone art good, and that without Thy Divine 
mercy and forgiveness we cannot be saved. Thou knowest our thoughts that 
they are vanity, and the wickedness of our hearts is not hidden from Thee. 
Help us, O Lord, to submit to Thy Divine will in humility, to acknowledge 
that without Thy Divine precepts we cannot escape from the paths which lead 
to eternal death. Cleanse our spirits, we beseech Thee, and make us pure 
within; order our steps in Thy Word, and lead us continually to a life of 
obedience to Thy law, by Thy might and power, O Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

176. 

O Lord, we give thanks unto Thee with joyfulness of heart, because Thou 
hast come again into the world, and hast taken unto Thee Thy great power, 
to reign forever God and Lord over all the powers of the earth; and we pray 
Thee for the ability to receive with open hearts the blessed and happy 
things which Thou in Thy coming dost give in such abundance, and which 
it is Thy good pleasure to give to all who feel their need of Thee; enable us 
to put away from our lives all that hinders the reception of Thy Truth; grant 
a humble submission to Thy Divine law in all things of our life; and teach us 
to say with full sincerity of heart, not my will, O Lord, but Thine be done. 
Amen. 



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177. 

O Lord, our Father in heaven, who in Thine infinite mercy didst take 
upon Thyself our fallen nature and come to redeem the world; come now, we 
beseech Thee, and dwell in the hearts of all who prove worthy of Thy love, 
who strive for goodness, truth, and righteousness of life; and help us, O I^ord, 
to offer unto Thee this day, in thought, word, and deed, the sacrifices of a 
humble and thankful spirit; make us to know the need of Thy constant pres- 
ence, and dispose us to receive Thee in Thy coming every day and every hour, 
so conforming our lives to the reception of Thy Holy Spirit, that we may 
glorify Thee in our works, and bear unto Thee the fruits of everlasting life. 
Amen. 

178. 

Our Heavenly Father, we pray Thee for power to put away confidence in 
ourselves and in human endeavor; in Thy mercy lead us into a spiritual 
trust in Thee; for Thou alone art our Savior, and from Thee alone is our 
life, our freedom, and our reason; Thou hast endowed us with Thine own 
image and likeness; yet we would bow before Thee, O L/ord, and ask of Thee 
the power to use these gifts wisely. Remove from us, we beseech Thee, the 
curse of self-will and self-leading; inspire our hearts and minds with Thy 
goodness and Thy truth; and we shall praise Thee every day for Thy mani- 
fold blessings, and bear fruit to Thee in a life of use in Thy kingdom forever. 
Amen. 

179. 

O Lord God, our Savior and Redeemer, we bow before Thee in thank- 
fulness and adoration for Thine infinite mercy in coming to restore the fallen 
race of man; we thank Thee that Thou didst descend from Thy throne in 
heaven to overthrow the powers of darkness and death, to seek and to save 
that which was lost, and to take unto Thee, in the blessed habitations of the 
just, all who learn and do Thy will; and we pray Thee to send unto us Thy 
Holy Spirit, that we may be led in the path which Thou hast trod, the path 
of bitterness and temptation, of combat and victory, the path of fruitfulness 
and use, the path which leads to the glories of heaven and the joy of eternal 
life. Amen. 

180. 

O Lord, our Heavenly Father, store in our minds, we beseech Thee, 
images of Thyself, that we may see Thee in Thy Word and in all things of 
life; sow in our hearts the seed of Thy Divine Truth, that it may spring up 
into everlasting life; reveal Thyself unto us day by day, that we may have 



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food for our souls and life from Thee; instill into us the law of love, that we 
may be Thy children; make us to observe with diligence Thy command- 
ments, that we may be made free; implant in us a spirit of forgiveness, that 
we may be released from the bonds of self love, and stand before Thee deliv- 
ered from the slavery of sin, conjoined with Thee our God, and praising Thee 
forever. Amen. 

181. 

O Lord, our Savior and Redeemer, Thou who hast conquered the prince 
of this world, and the powers of darkness; deliver us, we pray Thee, from 
our spiritual enemies; grant that we may fight against them in Thy name, 
and overcome the foes of Thy kingdom, who are ever striving to increase the 
wickedness of our hearts. Preserve us, O Lord, in the steadfast way, in the 
path which leads to righteousness on earth and felicity in heaven; help us to 
love the beauty and power of Thy Truth, and the excellence of a good life; 
that we may abide in Thy sure mercies, safe from the snare of the deceiver. 
We acknowledge that we are weak, and that we are in need of Thy constant 
help, O Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

182, 

O Lord, our Heavenly Father, we pray Thee for the removal of selfish- 
ness from our hearts, that Thou mayest inspire all our thoughts and deeds 
with Thy mercy and Thy truth; take away all self-seeking, and concern for 
our own good alone, that by the influence of Thy Divine Love we may have 
unalloyed desire for the welfare of our fellowmen; purge us of all envy, 
malice, and uncharitableness; do Thou unto us, O Lord, as seemeth good in 
Thine eyes, for Thou art a just God and a Savior; no evil abideth with Thee. 
And if, in Thy mercy, O Lord our Father, we shall be cleansed and purified 
of our sins, give us, we beseech Thee, the joy of serving Thee in the works 
of heavenly charity and use forever. Amen. 

183. 

We offer up our prayer and praise unto Thee, O Lord Jesus Christ, our 
Redeemer and Savior; Thee alone would we worship and adore; and we 
beseech Thee to impart unto us the true spirit of love for Thee and our 
neighbor, that we may have charity in heart, and worship Thee in our lives. 
Help us to love the teachings of Thy Word; enlighten our minds, and purify 
our affections; keep us from thinking falsely and meditating evil; inspire us 
with the desire for righteousness, and give us to find delight in the life of 
the truth, in judgment, mercy, and sincerity; for we would come into Thy 
temple with joy and singleness of heart, that our prayer and thanksgiving 
may ascend as grateful incense unto Thee, our God. Amen. 



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184. 

O Ivord, our Redeemer and Savior, who in Thine infinite mercy leadest 
all to the joys of heaven who love Thee and repent of their sins; inspire us, 
we beseech Thee, with desire for the uses of Thy kingdom, and make us 
zealous in the endeavor to overcome the evils that prevent Thy fuller pres- 
ence with us; help us to be content only in the unremitting vigilance, the 
earnest vigor and striving, that lead to greater and ever greater usefulness 
and service in Thy kingdom; open in us that fountain of love and power that 
will enable us to cast away the deadly evils of our lives; sustain us in the 
conflict against our stubborn foes; and bring us, in Thy mercy and goodness, 
to the fulness of joy in the paradise of Thy Divine L/Ove. Amen. 

185. 

O Ivord, we beseech Thee to grant us strength and courage to go forward 
in the work which Thou hast given us to do; and when we are left to our- 
selves, when we are in the midst of temptations, when we would draw back 
and are afraid, then send Thou Thy light from heaven, and cause us to see 
that it is better to be led by Thee than by ourselves, that in the dominion and 
leading of Thy Providence is freedom and all the delight of heaven, and that 
only thus can we be led to Thee. Mercifully grant unto us, O L,ord, the 
power to see these things, that we may draw back no more, but go forward, 
and in Thy name subordinate the things of this world to the things of eternal 
life, which Thou hast revealed unto us in Thy Divine Word. Amen. 

186. 

O L,ord, our Redeemer and Savior, we humbly beseech Thee to come 
and make Thine abode with us, that by Thy Divine Presence we may be 
strengthened in our choosing between evil and good; lead us, O Ivord, by 
Thy Truth to love the better path, to forsake the road that leads to eternal 
death; for Thou, O Ivord, art the God of the living and not the God of the 
dead; by Thee alone can we be set free and live forever. Come, we beseech 
Thee, and grant the grace of Thy mercy and forgiveness; help us to live 
worthily; and after this world's day is spent, bring us into the land of free- 
dom, peace, and joy, where we may dwell in the blessedness of mutual love 
and service, and give honor and praise to Thee for evermore. Amen. 

187. 

Most merciful Lord, Thou Creator and Redeemer of the world; we 
beseech Thee to sustain Thy Church in all her trials and temptations, and to 
bring her in Thy mercy to a haven of rest; strengthen her sons and daugh- 
ters in the truth of Thine everlasting Gospel, and lead them to rejoice in the 
hidden treasures of Thy Word; bring the Gentiles to Thy light, and kings to 
the brightness of Thy rising, that they may receive Thy blessing; keep all 



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who embrace Thy heaven-revealed truth in the love of a heavenly life, with 
faith and a whole heart; guide them ever onward to a new and more blessed 
life, and to an ever deeper knowledge of Thee, that they may worship Thee, 
through all their days, as the Divine Parent and Nourisher of their souls. 
Amen. 

188. 

O Lord, our ever merciful Savior, we lift up our hearts unto Thee, and 
ask Thy Divine aid in the struggle to overcome our evils, for they are sins 
against Thee; save us, we beseech Thee, by the counsel and might of Thy 
Truth, that we may remain steadfast and firm in our trust in Thee and Thy 
Divine Providence. When lust of wickedness strives for the mastery in Thy 
weak and wandering servants, enable us, O Lord, to conquer by Thy Divine 
power; for we would not take pleasure in rebellion against Thy heavenly 
precepts. Help us, O Lord, to put aside the things of this world which lead 
away from heaven, that we may forsake all selfish and unholy desires, and 
by a life of use in Thy kingdom experience the delights of eternal life, and 
give glory to Thy holy name forever. Amen. 

189, 

O Lord, our Savior and our Redeemer, we bow in humble acknowledg- 
ment of Thy mercy in providing the means of our salvation; help us to learn 
and obey Thy Word, looking to Thee alone for aid in the regenerate life; 
for Thou alone canst heal and save, Thou alone canst uplift and restore, and 
through Thee alone can we be delivered from the darkness of evil, and be 
blessed with the glories of eternal life. And we pray Thee, O Lord, to be 
with us in our endeavor to begin and abide in a new life; support us by Thy 
might and Thy power when we falter; remove the doubts and anxieties that 
flow from our selfish fears, that we may become hopeful and confident under 
the inspiration of Thy presence, and go forward with courage and newness 
of heart in the path that leads to heaven. Amen. 

190. 

Most merciful Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who by Thy Second Coming 
in the power and glory of Thy Word, hast enabled us to acknowledge Thee 
as the only God of heaven and earth, our Creator and our Redeemer; we pray 
Thee for the prosperity of Thy New Church, now descending from Thee out 
of heaven; dispel, we beseech Thee, the darkness that prevents Thine 
appearing; open the eyes of the blind and the ears of the deaf, and reveal 
Thyself to Thy creatures as the Husband of Thy Church, the true and only 
object of her love and worship; and wherever Thy Church doth appear on 
the face of the earth, may it be so led by Thy Holy Spirit, that all who em- 
brace its heavenly Doctrines may maintain the same in purity of heart and 
holiness of life, to the glory of Thy holy name. Amen. 



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191. 

O Lord Jesus Christ, our Redeemer and Savior, who art the only Renewer 
and Regenerator of our life on earth, the only Giver of human and angelic 
good; we come unto Thee for life, and peace, and rest; for Thou alone art 
able to supply our every need, and our need is known to Thee alone. O give 
us that which Thou alone canst give, that which is best for each one of us to 
receive. And we beseech Thee for patient endurance in all the trials and 
disquietudes of life; grant that we may rest and wait quietly for Thee and 
Thy deliverance; and give us trust in Thy Divine Providence, whatever befall 
in the tortuous course of our life on earth, resting in the blessed assurance 
that Thou art doing for us all that is needful for our eternal good. O Lord, 
hear us, and grant us Thy peace. Amen. 

192. 

O Lord, our Father in the heavens, we give Thee thanks for Thine 
infinite mercy, because Thou wert willing to be born into the world, to tread 
the path of human life, to redeem mankind, and to glorify Thyself for our 
salvation; we thank Thee for this manifestation of Thy love, whereby Thou 
hast opened unto us the way to heaven and to angelic perfection and happi- 
ness; we would adore Thee, O Lord, for this Thy great goodness and mercy; 
and we would acknowledge Thy wonderful Providence in the giving of Thy 
Word, without which we should not have the means to walk in the path which 
Thou hast trod. Grant unto us, O Lord our Father, that we, Thy children, 
may worthily follow in Thy footsteps, and receive the blessings of eternal 
life from Thee, our Savior and our Redeemer. Amen. 

193. 

Almighty and everlasting God, Creator and Redeemer of the world, we 
humbly bow before Thee, and acknowledge Thee alone to be our Savior and 
our Lord; mercifully hear our prayers this day, for we would ask Thy sus- 
taining help in the journey of life; open our hearts to receive Thee in Thy 
coming; dispel the darkness in our minds and the wickedness in our lives 
that prevent Thine appearing, and make us worthy of Thy Divine presence. 
Help us, O Lord, to rejoice at Thy coming with a pure heart, and to receive 
Thy gracious visitation with true humility and thankfulness; manifest Thy 
Divine glory unto us, and grant that we may behold the beauty of Thy taber- 
nacle in the heavens; for with Thy angels we would give thanks for Thy 
mercies, and praise Thy name for ever and ever. Ame7i. 

194. 

Lord our God, Thy name is great in the heavens; Thou alone art 
almighty and all-wise; for who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? 
who hath gathered the wind in His fists ? who hath bound the waters in a 
garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is His 
name? Thou, O Lord our God, hath done all these things. But we, O Lord, 
are as brutish men, lacking understanding, neither have we learned wisdom, 



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nor the knowledge of holiness; remove vanity and lying from us, O Lord our 
Savior; give us neither poverty nor riches; feed us with food convenient 
unto us, lest being full we deny Thee and say, Who- is the Lord? For Thou, 
O Lord, our Redeemer, art a shield to those who put their trust in Thee, and 
Thou sustainest all them that call upon Thee in truth. Amen. 

mm 

O Lord God Almighty, who keepest covenant and mercy to them that 
love Thee and do Thy commandments; we have sinned, and committed 
iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from 
Thy precepts and from Thy judgments; neither have we obeyed the voice of 
the Lord our God, to walk in His laws, which He set before us by His 
servants the prophets. Now, therefore, O Lord, hear the prayer of Thy 
servants, and their supplications, and cause Thy face to shine upon us; 
incline Thine ear and hear; open Thine eyes and behold our desolations; for 
we do not present our supplications before Thee for our righteousness, but 
for Thy great mercies. O Lord, hear and forgive, hearken unto us, and defer 
not, for we would be as Thine own city, and a people called by Thy name. 
Amen. 

196. 

O Lord God, our Father in heaven, we humbly call upon Thee, and be- 
seech Thee to save us from our unrighteous and sinful ways, for we are a 
prey to infernal power, and cannot be set free except by Thy mercy and 
omnipotence. O Lord, suffer not the wicked to destroy Thy people and 
Thine inheritance, which Thou hast redeemed by Thy great power, and 
brought forth from a land of oppression with a mighty hand and a stretched 
out arm. Remember Thy servants, O Lord, and pardon their iniquities; 
look not, we beseech Thee, unto the stubbornness of Thy people, nor to their 
wickedness, nor their sin; for Thou art gracious and kind to those who keep 
Thy commandments, and Thou wilt tenderly uplift those Thy children who 
walk in Thy ways. Grant us Thy forgiveness, O Lord, for Thy mercy's sake. 
Amen. 

197. 

O Lord God, Father of all men, Light of all worlds, Redeemer and 
Savior to eternity; shed abroad Thy life-giving Truth in our hearts, fill us 
with Thy Spirit, and build Thy Church within us; uphold our effort in the 
cause of Thy kingdom, and lead us by Thy might to the faithful performance 
of spiritual uses; strengthen Thou the weak hands, and confirm the feeble 
knees. And we pray Thee, O Lord, to gather the lambs of Thy flock into 
Thy bosom, feeding them out of the bounteous storehouse of Thy Word, that 
they may grow in wisdom and strength, and become the sheep of Thy pasture. 
We thank Thee, our Savior, that Thou hast revealed Thyself unto us and 
sent us forth as messengers of Thy Gospel; make us true and worthy dis- 
ciples, faithful to our trust, and glad in the service of our Divine Master. 
Amen. 



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198. 

O Lord Jesus Christ, almighty and everlasting God; we pray Thee for 
the government of our country, that it may be built upon the firm foundation 
of justice and truth; that civil liberty may be maintained; that our rulers 
may acknowledge Thy Divine Government and Power; that our people may 
render due and loyal obedience to all who are in authority; that law and 
order may reign in our land; that integrity and justice may be the fruits of 
obedience to law; that peace and concord may everywhere prevail; that 
prosperity may be the reward of faithful and honest labor; that religion may 
flourish in our midst; that Thy new Gospel may be implanted in the hearts 
of many; that wisdom may multiply, and mutual love increase, until all men 
shall own Thee as Ruler among the nations of the earth, King of kings and 
Lord of lords. Amen, 

199, 

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; 
Thou that dwellest between the cherubim, shine forth; stir up Thy strength, 
O Lord, and come for our salvation. Thou hast brought a vine out of 
Kgypt; Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it; Thou preparedst room 
before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. Return, 
we beseech Thee, O God of hosts; look down from heaven, and behold, and 
visit this vine, and the vineyard which Thy right hand hath planted, and the 
branch which Thou madest strong for Thyself. Let Thy hand be upon the 
man of Thy right hand, upon the son of man whom Thou madest strong for 
Thyself. So will not we go back from Thee; quicken us, and we will call 
upon Thy name. Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause Thy face to 
shine; and we shall be saved. Amen. 

200. 

O Lord, our God and Savior, who hast clothed Thyself in the glories of 
Thy Word, and hast come again to redeem and save Thy people; we pray 
Thee for the increase and prosperity of Thy New Jerusalem, and for the 
accession of all who are able to receive Thee in the new light which Thou 
hast sent from heaven; and we pray Thee to enter the hearts of all in Thy 
Church, and prepare them for Thy visitation; fill their minds with Thy 
truth, and gift them with the delight of doing the same, that Thy love may 
inspire their acts, and that they may become a worthy habitation for Thy 
holy presence. Cherish in Thy Church, O Lord, a love for the sacred Foun- 
tain of her light and integrity, given in Thy new Revelation, that in ordering 
her life and worship according to this Thy new Covenant, she may become 
truly the bride and wife of the Lamb. Amen. 



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201. 

We give Thee thanks, O Lord, this day, and offer unto Thee the tribute 
of humble and grateful hearts; for we acknowledge that to Thee alone we 
owe all life, all freedom, and all delight, and that from Thee alone cometh 
ever\- earthly and heavenly good. We thank Thee that in Thy mercy Thou 
hast come to liberate Thy Church, and hast opened unto men the hidden 
treasures of Thy Word. We thank Thee for our civil liberties, for the 
opportunities of use among our fellow men, for the product of the soil, and 
for the labor and art of man. There is nothing, O Lord, for which we would 
not give thanks unto Thee; and we pray Thee to lead us ever in the ways of 
Thy bountiful Providence, and give us help in the thorny path of self-denial, 
that we may have rest from the days of adversity; and bring us, O Lord, to 
the peace of an everlasting thanksgiving. Amen. 

202. 

O Lord, our blessed Savior, our Divine Guide and Leader, the true Light 
that lighteth every man that cometh into the world; we implore Thy Divine 
aid and presence, that we may be lifted up above the obscurities which shadow 
our minds; for Thou art the Light of the world, and he that followeth after 
Thee shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. When our 
footsteps falter and our way is dim, shed abroad, we beseech Thee, the light 
of Thy love and truth in our hearts, that we may have joy in Thy Divine 
guidance, and faith in the wise dispensations of Thy merciful Providence. 
Guard, O Lord, all our goings in Thy paths, that our footsteps slip not; so 
shall we come nearer to Thee, forsaking our own weak inclinations, and 
finding delight eternal in the hope of Thy kingdom, where we shall obtain 
joy and gladness, and where sorrow and sighing shall flee away. Amen. 

203. 

O Lord, our King and our Redeemer, Ruler of the heavens and the 
earth; we humbly kneel at Thy footstool and bow our heads before Thy face, 
for Thou alone art worthy of the prayers and adoration of Thy people; but 
we, O Lord our God, are unworthy to come into Thy holy presence. Grant, 
O Lord our Father, that we may approach Thee in humility and contrition 
of spirit; uplift and restore Thy penitent servants, for without Thy mercy 
and forgiveness we cannot but remain as dust and ashes. Help us, O Lord, 
to shun the homage we would pay to other gods, the gods of the flesh and 
the world, and the fancies of our own imagining; uphold, we pray Thee, our 
effort to be zealous and faithful in a truly pious life; and sustain us in the 
Way that leads to Thy throne in heaven; for then shall our works glorify 
Thee, to whom alone be all praise, honor, and majesty, forever. Amen. 



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204. 

Thou art, O Lord, the Resurrection and the Life; whosoever liveth and 
believeth in Thee shall never die; and though, in the dispositions of Thy 
Providence, we are led through the valley of shadow, still Thou art with us, 
Thy Divine Wisdom to guide, Thy Divine Power to uphold; Thou art our 
Father; and as the mercy of a father upon his children, so we acknowledge 
Thee, all-pitying, all-compassionate, providing for our every need, even 
though it come through the way of suffering and sorrow. We do not know 
what is best for ourselves, or for others, but Thou, O Lord, knowest; and we 
pray for faith and trust in Thee, that we may ever be willing to follow in the 
paths where Thou leadest; we pray for strength, that when the shadows of 
mortal ill or earthly calamity are upon us, we still may rest and abide in 
Thee, and be able to say from fulness of heart, Thy will be done, O Lord, 
forever. Amen. 

205, 

O Lord God, the Author of life, and the Giver of every blessing, we pray 
that we may be deemed worthy of Thy grace and mercy; and that we may 
speak Thy praise continually; for we acknowledge that only Thy Divine 
presence can inspire our hearts to worship Thee in spirit and in truth; and 
we acknowledge, O Lord, that we and all men have received infinite blessings 
at Thy hand, and by Thy gracious giving; for these we would offer up our 
thanks this day; and we praise Thee, O Lord our Savior, for the mercy of 
Thy coming to establish Thy New Church, by which all the nations of the 
earth may be restored to Thee in holy faith and gladness of life. We thank 
Thee, O Lord, for the civil and material benefits which Thou hast granted us 
in such abundance, and we offer our gratitude for Thy bounty in the produc- 
tions of the earth; and as Thy plenteous rain hath watered the parched 
ground, so may Thy loving mercy visit us to restore and uplift the languish- 
ing spirit, and lead us onward and upward in the heavenly life, that we may 
receive spiritual blessings from Thee forever. Amen. 

206. 

Most merciful Lord God, Father of eternity; grant, we pray Thee, that 
as we advance through the times and seasons of our natural life we may also 
enter upon new states of spiritual love and faith, that we may grow and 
increase day by day and year by year in the knowledge and life of Thy Divine 
Word, and in power to repent and overcome the evil delights that prevent 
the reception of heavenly delights from Thee. Grant that we may serve 
Thee diligently, cheerfully, and with a whole heart, in the manifold uses to 
the neighbor which Thou in Thy Providence hast given us to perform. Help 
us to be faithful and constant in all that our hand findeth to do, that both we 
and those committed to our care may grow in wisdom. Be with us, O Lord, 
in our earnest purpose to begin a new life, to repent of sin, and to go forward 



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with unfaltering footsteps in the path which Thou hast shown us. Make us 
to see and know ourselves better, to realize that of ourselves we have no love 
of good; and as we implore Thy Divine aid, come, we beseech Thee, and 
make Thine abode with us, upholding us in the trials of life, and giving us 
courage and hope for victory; and to Thy name be all glory and praise, now 
and forever. Amen. 

207. 

Lord Jesus Christ, who hast given Thy Word for the salvation of men; 
grant that we may, with ever increasing desire, study and learn its holy 
teachings, so that in Thy light we may acknowledge Thee as the God of all 
flesh, that w T e may know the evils of our unregenerate nature, that we may 
be saved from ourselves, that we may be withheld from the snares of the 
proprium, that we may be released from the bondage of self will, that we 
may be protected from the influence and power of evil spirits, who find so 
much in us by which they can excite us to folly, and goad us to sin. 

We confess, O Lord, that of ourselves we are wholly evil, and as to 
the inclinations of our hearts wholly corrupt; but we pray Thee to manifest 
Thyself unto us in the power of Thy Word, that we may be lifted out of 
ourselves, that we may be drawn nearer to Thee, that we may be kept in 
the stream of Thy Providence, and ever faithfully do Thy will, that we may 
cast our all upon Thee as trusting children upon an all-loving and all-wise 
Father, that we may never more turn back from Thee, but draw more closely 
day by day; and finally of Thy mercy, O Lord, permit us to look forward 
with hope and delight of heart to a life of use with Thee in Thy kingdom 
forever. Amen. 

PRAYERS AT MEALS. 

Our Father in heaven, give us this day our daily bread. Amen. 

We give Thee thanks, Lord, for these and all Thy many blessings. 
Amen. 

For all Thy blessings, O Lord, we pray Thee to make us truly thankful. 
Amen. 

Sanctify, O Lord, this food to our use, and our lives to Thy service. 
Amen. 

Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. 
Amen. 

O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy is forever. 
Amen. 

We give Thee thanks, Lord, our Father in heaven, for this our daily 
bread. Amen. 



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Bless, O Lord, these refreshments of Thy bounty, and give us thankful 
hearts. Amen. 

O Lord our Heavenly Father, have mercy upon us, and give us evermore 
the bread of life. Amen. 

Thou art, O Lord, the bread which cometh down from heaven and giveth 
life unto the world. Amen. 

We give Thee thanks, O Lord, for these provisions of Thy bounty, and 
for all the blessings of Thy mercy. Amen. 

Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto Thy name give glory, for 
Thy mercy and for Thy truth's sake. Amen. 

We give Thee thanks, O Lord, for Thy great goodness, and for Thy 
wonderful mercy to the children of men. Amen. 

O Lord, bless this bread of Thy provision, which Thou hast set before 
us this day; and feed us, and lift us up for evermore. Amen. 

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy 
name; bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits. Amen. 

Lord be merciful unto us and bless us, and cause Thy face to shine upon 
us; that Thy way may be known upon earth, Thy saving health to all nations. 
Amen. 

Blessed be the Lord, who giveth food to the hungry, who openeth the 
eyes of the blind, who raiseth up them that are bowed down. Bless thou the 
Lord, O my soul. Amen. 

Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who satisfieth the longing 
soul, and filleth the hungry soul with good; and blessed be His glorious 
name for evermore. Amen. 

Feed us, O Lord, with the bread which cometh down from heaven, that 
we may eat thereof and not die. For the bread of God is He that cometh 
down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. Amen. 

We give Thee thanks, O Lord, for this table which Thou hast spread 
before us, and for the bread which Thou hast given us to eat; and grant us, 
O Lord, that we may eat and drink with Thee in Thy heavenly kingdom 
forever. Amen, 



Sacraments ant> IRttes* 



BAPTISM. 

A Hymn or Psalm of Praise may be sung. 

The Candidates for Baptism having come forward, or the Parents having presented their 
children, the Minister shall say: 

Inasmuch as man is born of his parents into natural life, and not 
into spiritual life, and by inheritance inclines to evils of every kind, 
he must be born again that he may enter into the kingdom of God; 
and inasmuch as this new birth or regeneration is represented in the 
waters of Baptism, you have come forward that you {this child') may be 
baptized, and thus enter according to order into the Church of the Lord 
on earth. Hear now, therefore, the teaching of the Sacred Scripture, 
and of the Heavenly Doctrine of the New Jerusalem. 

The Minister shall then read one or more of the following passages from the Sacred Scripture: 

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given 
unto me in heaven and on earth. Go ye, therefore, and teach all 
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and 
of the Holy Spirit; teaching them to keep all things whatsoever I have 
commanded you; and lo, I am with you all the days, even until the 
consummation of the age. Amen. Matthew 28: 18-20. 

John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of 
repentance for the remission of sins. And there went out to him all 
the land of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him 
in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. Mark 1: 4, 5. 

John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with 
water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am 
not worthy to unloose; He shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and 
with fire. Luke 3: 16. 

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And in those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was 
baptized of John in the Jordan. And straightway coming up out of 
the water, He saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove de- 
scending upon Him; and there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou 
art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Mark i: g-n . 

And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the 
Gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be 
saved; but he that believeth not shall be condemned. Mark 16: Z5, 16. 

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water, 
and of the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is 
born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind 
bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst 
not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth; so is every one that is 
born of the Spirit. John 3: 5-8. 

If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up 
his cross, and follow me. Matthew 16: 24. 

Lo, children are a heritage of the Eord, and the fruit of the womb 
is His reward. Psalm 127:3. 

And they brought young children unto Him, that He should touch 
them; and the disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when 
Jesus saw it, He was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer little 
children to come unto me, and forbid them not; for of such is the 
kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive 
the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. 
Mark 10: 13-15. 

Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say 
unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face 
of my Father who is in heaven. Even so it is not the will of your 
Father in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. Matthew 
18: 70, 14. 

And He took them up in His arms, put His hands upon them, and 
blessed them. Mark 10: 16. 

The Minister shall then read a portion of the following, or other passages from the General 
Doctrine: 

Baptism was instituted for a sign that a man is of the Church, and 
for a memorial that he can be regenerated; for the washing of Baptism 
is a spiritual washing, which is regeneration. Since every one who is 
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against evils and falsities, these also are signified by the waters of 
Baptism. Inasmuch as Baptism is for a sign and memorial of these 
things, man may be baptized as an infant, and if not in his infancy, he 
may be baptized as an adult. Let those, therefore, who are baptized 
know that Baptism confers neither faith nor salvation; but that it testi- 
fies that they may receive faith and be saved if they are regenerated. 

The first use of Baptism is introduction into the Christian Church, 
and at the same time insertion among Christians in the spiritual 
world. The second use of Baptism is that the Christian may know 
and acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ, our Redeemer and Savior, and 
follow Him. The third use of Baptism, which is the final use, is that 
man may be regenerated. 

Infants are introduced by Baptism into the Christian heaven, and 
angels are there assigned to them, to take care of them, by whom they 
are kept in a state of receiving faith in the Lord; and as they grow up, 
and come into their own right, and their own reason, the guardian 
angels leave them, and they associate to themselves such spirits as 
make one with their life and faith. 

All who are baptized are to be initiated into the knowledge and be- 
lief that the Lord Jesus Christ is the God of heaven and earth, in 
whom is the Divine Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; and that 
we are to be conjoined with Him by a life according to the command- 
ments of the Decalogue. 

BAPTISM OF CHILDREN. 

The Minister shall say: 

You have brought this child into the presence of the Lord, that 
he may be baptized with water and the Holy Spirit; and by this act 
you do enter into a solemn covenant with the Lord to renounce for him 
the ways of the world, and to keep for him the commandments of God, 
until he become of age, when he shall take upon hiynself of his own free 
will to follow the Lord in keeping the precepts of His Word. Now 
therefore let me ask: 

Do you for yourselves, and for this child, acknowledge the Lord 
Jesus Christ to be the God of heaven and earth ? 

A nswer: 

I do. 

Minister: 

Do you for yourselves, and for this child, acknowledge that evils 
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A nswer: 

I do. 

Minister: 

Will you therefore have this child baptized in the name of the 
Lord Jesus Christ ? 

A nswer: 

I will. 

AH kneeling, the Minister shall repeat one of the following, or other suitable Prayer: 

most merciful Lord, grant that the old life may die in this child, 
and that he may rise to new life in Thee; grant that all evil affections 
may be put away, and that he may grow in the strength and spirit of 
Thy truth; grant him the knowledge and understanding of Thy Word, 
that he may receive power to do Thy will, and so to triumph over the 
enemies of his spiritual life; grant that the parents {guardians) of this 
child may be so endued with Thy Spirit, that in their government of 
him they may be led in the way of wisdom, and receive for hi??i the 
reward of a life of use in Thine everlasting kingdom. Amen. 

Bless, O Lord, this administration of Thy Holy Sacrament, and 
graciously receive this child now to be baptized; enlighten him by Thy 
Word, defend him in temptation, and lead him by Thy Holy Spirit into 
everlasting life. Amen. 

The Minister and People shall say together: 

Our Father, who art in the heavens, hallowed be Thy name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven so upon the earth. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also 
forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us 
from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
forever. Amen. 

All standing, the Minister shall receive the child into his arms, and shall say to the Parents or 
Guardians: 

Will you now name this child ? 

Repeating the name of the child, and applying the water to its forehead, the Minister shall say: 

1 baptize thee in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Father, Son, 
and Holy Spirit. Amen. 

The Minister shall then make the sign of the cross upon the forehead and breast of the child; 
and laying on his hands, the Minister shall say: 

The Lord bless thee, and keep thee; the Lord make His face to 
shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee; the Lord lift up His 
countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. Amen. 



BAPTISM. 



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Returning the child to the Parents or Guardians, the Minister shall say: 

111 the Divine Providence of the Lord, this child now baptized was 
born into the world, and is committed to your care, that by life in the 
world he may be prepared for life in heaven; and it is given you to co- 
operate with the- Lord to this end. Seek, therefore, for the light and 
knowledge to guide you in the performance of your part in this work. 
Lead this child to acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ as his God and 
Father; teach him the Ten Commandments, that he may learn to shun 
evils as sins; let him learn the Lord's Prayer, that he may be introduced 
into the worship of the Lord; and cause him to be instructed in the 
Word of the Lord, and in the Heavenly Doctrines of the New Jerusalem, 
that he may be prepared for regeneration. In this way you will pro- 
mote his happiness in this life, and his eternal welfare in the world to 
come. 

A Hymn or Psalm of Praise may be sung. 

The Minister may then pronounce the Benediction. 

BAPTISM OF ADULTS. 

The Minister shall say: 

You have come into the presence of the Lord, that you may be 
baptized with water and the Holy Spirit; and by this act you do enter 
into a solemn covenant with the Lord to renounce the ways of the world, 
and to keep the commandments of God, that you may be saved from 
your sins, and receive everlasting life. Now therefore let me ask: 

Do you acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ to be the God of heaven 
and earth ? 

A nswer: 

I do. 

Minister; 

Do you acknowledge that evils are to be shunned as sins against 
Him? 

Answer: 

I do. 

Minister: 

Will you therefore be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ ? 

A nswer: 

I will. 

All kneeling, the Minister shall repeat one of the following, or other suitable Prayers: 

O most merciful Lord, we pray Thy blessing upon this person now to 
be baptized; grant that the old life may die in Mm, and that he may rise 
to new life in Thee; grant that the lusts of the world and the cupidities 



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of the flesh may be put away, and that he may grow in all intelligence 
and wisdom; grant him the knowledge and understanding of Thy Word, 
that he may receive power and strength to do Thy will, and so to 
triumph over the enemies of his spiritual life; enlighten him, O Lord, 
by Thy Holy Spirit, that he may be endowed with all heavenly virtues, 
and receive in Thy mercy the reward of a life of use with Thee in Thine 
everlasting kingdom. Amen. 

Bless, O Lord, this administration of Thy Holy Sacrament, and 
graciously receive this person now to be baptized; enlighten Mm by 
Thy Word, defend him in temptation, and lead him by Thy Holy Spirit 
into everlasting life. Amen. 

The Minister and People shall say together: 

Our Father, who art in the heavens, hallowed be Thy name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven so upon the earth. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also 
forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us 
from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
forever. Amen. 

The Candidate still kneeling, the Minister, naming him, shall apply the water to his forehead, 
and shall say: 

I baptize thee in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Father, Son, 
and Holy Spirit. Amen. 

The Minister shall then make the sign of the cross upon the forehead and upon the breast of the 
person now baptized; and laying on his hands, the Minister shall say: 

The Lord bless thee and keep thee; the Lord make His face to 
shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee; the Lord lift up His 
countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. Amen. 

The person baptized having risen, the Minister shall say: 

You have now been introduced by Baptism into the Lord's New 
Church, and have taken upon yourself the Christian name; let me 
exhort you, therefore, to cultivate with all diligence a knowledge of the 
Word of the Lord, and of the Heavenly Doctrines of the New Jerusalem. 
Learn to shun evils as sins against God, to renounce the love of self 
and the world, to love the Lord above all things, and your neighbor as 
yourself. In this way alone will yoyx come into communion with the 
angels, and into conjunction with God, and thus enter into everlasting 
life. 

A Hymn or Psalm of Praise may be sung. 

The Minister may then pronounce the Benediction. 



THE HOLY SUPPER. 



1. 

An Introit shall be siuig. 

Having entered, and opened the Word, the Minister may repeat one or more Sentences of 
Scripture. 

The Minister shall then say: 

O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the 
Lord our Maker. 

All kneeling, the Minister and People shall say together: 

Most merciful Lord, we have turned away from Thee into the paths 
of error and sin; we have followed the devices of our own hearts; we 
have transgressed against Thy law, in thought, word, and deed; we 
have wandered from Thy commandments; we have yielded to the 
allurements of the world and the flesh ; we have neglected the works of 
repentance; we have rebelled against Thy merciful Providence. Draw 
near unto us, and deliver us from our sins; strengthen us in all good, 
and bring us into everlasting life, through Thy mercy, O Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

The Minister shall then say: 

Search me, O God, and know my heart. 

People: 

Try me and know my thoughts. 

Minister: 

And see if there be any wicked way in me. 

People: 

And lead me in the way everlasting. 

The Minister and People shall then say together: 

Our Father, who art in the heavens, hallowed be Thy name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven so upon the earth. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also 
forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us 
from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
forever. Amen. 

Minister: 

O Lord, teach us Thy way. 

People: 

And we will walk in Thy truth. 

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The People still kneeling, the Minister standing shall say: 

And God spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy God. 

Thou shalt have no other gods before my face. 

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. 

Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. 

Honor thy father and thy mother. 

Thou shalt not kill. 

Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

Thou shalt not steal. 

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. 
. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house. 

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor 
his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy 
neighbor's. 

People: 

O Lord, these words which Thou hast spoken we will do. 

The Minister may here read from the Law or the Gospel. 
The Minister kneeling shall say: 

O Lord, Thou art the Way, the Truth, and the Life; in Thee is our 
power and strength; from Thee alone are we able to keep Thy law and 
do Thy will; be Thou ever with us to help and to deliver, for without 
Thee we can do nothing. Amen. 

The Minister may add or substitute one or more suitable Prayers. 
The People still kneeling, the Minister standing shall say: 

Grace be unto you, and peace, from Him who is, and who was, and 
who is to come. Amen. 



All standing, the Alleluia shall be sung: 




Alle | lu | ia. 

Salvation and | glory, and | honor, and | power, 
Be unto the | Lord our | God. 
Al | le | lu | ia. 



THE HOLY SUPPER. 



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The People sitting; one or more Lessons may be read; or the Minister may read a portion from 
the General Doctrine, the Law, or the Gospel. 

A Hymn or Psalm of Praise may be sung; a portion from an Antiphon may be added or 
substituted. 

An Interlude shall follow, after which there may be a Period of Silence; or, the Interlude may 
follow the singing of the Alleluia, and conclude this portion of the Service. 

A Hymn or Psalm of Praise may be sung. 

The Sermon may here follow. 

The remainder of the Service may be the same as in the General Offices. 



2. 



The following, or other Psalm of Praise, shall be sung: 




And in this mountain shall the | Lord of j hosts 

Make unto all | people • a | feast of | fat things, 

A feast of wines on the lees, of fat things | full of | marrow, 

Of wines on the j lees | well re j fined. 



And He shall destroy | in this | mountain 
The face of the | covering • cast | over • all | people, 
And the vail that is spread | over • all | nations. 
He will I swallow • up | death in | victory. 

And the | Lord Je | hovih 

Will wipe away | tears from | off all | faces ; 

And the rebuke of His people shall He | take a | way 

From off all the earth; | for the | Lord hath | spoken. 

And it shall be said in that day, L6, | this is • our | God; 
We have waited for | Him, and | He will | save us; 
This is the Lord; we have | waited • for j Him; 
We will be glad and re | joice in | His sal | vation. 

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Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for He hath visited and redeemed 
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Minister: 

For He hath remembered ns in our low estate, and hath delivered 
us from the hand of our enemies. 

People: 

For great is His mercy | toward | me; 

And Thou hast delivered my soul | from the | lowest | hell. 

Minister: 

He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with 
good. 

People: 

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence | of mine J enemies; 
Thou anointest my head with j oil, my | cup ■ runneth [ over. 

Minister: 

The Lord will give strength unto His people; the Lord will bless 
His people with peace. 

People: 

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the [days • of my | life; 
And I will dwell in the house of the | Lord for | length of | daj'S. 

Minister: 

Blessed are they that are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. 

People: 

Let us be glad | and re | joice, 

And give | glory | unto | Him; 

For the marriage* of the | Lamb is | come, 

And His | wife hath j made her • self | ready. 



THE HOLY SUPPER. 



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Minister: 

Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be nnto Him that sit- 
teth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. 

People: 

Glory and might be | unto | Him, 

For I ever • and | ever, A | men; 

Who is and who was, and who j is to | come, 

The I Al I inigh | ty. Amen. 

Instead of the foregoing, some other suitable A ntiphon may be used. 

The Minister shall then read one or more of the following Sentences of Scripture: 

Ask, and it shall be given } T ou; seek, and ye shall find; knock, 
and it shall be opened unto you; for everyone that asketh receiveth; 
and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be 
opened. 

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will 
give 3 t ou rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am 
meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For 
my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from 
heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For 
the bread of God is He which cometh down from heaven, and giveth 
life unto the world. 

I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any man 
eat of this bread, he shall live for ever; and the bread that I will give 
is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. 

Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; 
and I will raise him up at the last day; for my flesh is meat indeed, 
and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh 
my blood, dwelleth in me and I in him. 

Abide in me, and I in ycu. As a branch cannot bear fruit of itself, 
except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I 
am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, 
the same bringeth forth much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing. 

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye 
will, and it shall be done unto you. 

Come, and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great 
God. 

Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. 



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SACRAMENTS AND RITES. 



All kneeling, the Minister shall repeat one of the following, or other suitable Prayer: 

O Lord, our Redeemer and Savior, we come unto Thee in the way 
of Thine own appointment, that we may have life, and that we may 
have it more abundantly. In Thy love and in Thy pity Thou hast 
redeemed us; in Thy love and in Thy pity prepare us to receive the 
benefits of Thy redemption. Give us power to repent of our sins, and 
open our minds to receive in devout humility Thy Divine mercy and 
grace. Consecrate in us the bread and wine of Thy Holy Supper, 
that we may be fed with the spiritual food of Thy Divine body and 
blood, and that this most holy act of worship may be the means of 
opening unto us the mansions of heaven, and of conjoining us more 
closely with Thee for evermore. Ame?i. 

O Lord, our Savior Jesus Christ; we come into Thy holy presence, 
and bow ourselves before Thee, bringing no merit of our own, nor any 
plea save Thy justice, mercy, and love; humbly confessing our sins, 
and acknowledging that without Thee we are nothing. Show us Thy 
mercy, O Lord, and give us power and inclination to repent of our sins, 
to leave the devil and all his works, and to follow Thee in the path 
which leads to heavenly rest and peace. And in drawing near to Thy 
hol} T table which Thou hast prepared, we pray Thee that we may for- 
sake all the allurements of the world, and the lusts of the flesh, that 
this hoi}' Sacrament may be sanctified in us, and that we may be fed 
with the spiritual food which endureth unto everlasting life. Ame?i. 

The Minister and People shall then say together: 

O Lord, Immanuel, God with us, our Savior and Redeemer, Jesus 
Christ; Thou art our Father in the heavens; Thou art the Son of God 
that came into the world; Thou art the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth 
that leadeth unto all truth ; Thou art God, and Thou alone, over all the 
kingdoms of the earth, and Thy kingdom shall endure forever. Amen. 



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THE HOLY SUPPER. 



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The People seated, the Minister shall read the histitution of the Holy Supper: 

Now the feast of unleavened bread was at hand, which is called 
the passover; and Jesus sent two of His disciples, saying, Go and pre- 
pare us the passover, that we may eat. And they went and made ready, 
as He had commanded them. And when the evening was come, Jesus 
sat down with His disciples: 

The Minister shall then read one of the following: 

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed and brake 
it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. 
And He took the cup, and giving thanks, gave it to them, saying, 
Drink ye all of it; for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is 
shed for many, for the remission of sins. 

And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, 
and gave to them, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And He took 
the cup, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them; and they 
all drank of it. 

And He took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto 
them, saying, This is my body which is given for you; this do in re- 
membrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This 
cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is shed for you. 

Taking the bread, the Minister shall say: 

Thus will I bless Thee while I live; I will lift up my hands in Thy 
name. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my 
mouth shall praise Thee with lips of singing. 

Taking the wine, the Minister shall say: 

Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own 
blood; to Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 

Having prepared the elements, the Minister shall repeat one of the following, or some other 
Invitation: 

Come ye, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and partake of this 
most holy Sacrament, devoutly kneeling, and making humble con- 
fession to the Lord your God. 

Come ye now and partake of this most holy Sacrament, that ye 
may eat the food prepared of God for the salvation of your souls. 

In giving the bread, the Minister shall say: 

This is my body, which is given for you; this do in remembrance 
of me. 

In giving the wine, the Minister shall say: 

This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is shed for you. 



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The following may be said by the Minister as he gives the bread to each communicant: 

The body of our Lord, which is given for thee, preserve thy soul 
unto everlasting life. 

The following may be said by the Minister as he gives the wine to each communicant: 

The blood of our Lord, which is shed for thee, preserve thy soul 
unto everlasting life. 

The Minister shall then repeat one of the following Blessings: 

The Lord bless you, and keep you; the Lord make His face to shine 
upon you, and be gracious unto you; the Lord lift up His countenance 
upon you, and give you peace. Amen. 

The Lord keep your going out and your coming in from this time 
forth, and even for evermore. Amen. 

The Lord our Savior keep your minds and hearts in perfect peace, 
and the blessing of His mercy abide with you forever. Amen. 

The Minister shall then partake of the Sacrament; and afterward, still kneeling, he shall say: 

O Lord, save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance; and feed 
them, and lift them up forever. Amen. 

The Minister standing may here read a suitable passage of Scripture. 
A Hymn or Psalm of Praise shall be sung. 

The Offertory shall then be sung, or the Offering may be brought forward during the previous 
singing. 

All kneeling, the Minister shall repeat the following, or other suitable Prayer: 

O Lord Jesus Christ, by whose mercy we have been fed with 
heavenly gifts; we thank Thee for this Thy goodness towards us, 
beseeching Thee to let Thy loving kindness and Thy truth ever pre- 
serve us, defending us from all evil, and nourishing us in all good. 
Direct Thou our way, and uphold our goings in Thy paths. Abide in 
us, O Lord, that we also may abide in Thee for evermore. Amen. 

All shall then unite in repeating the Lord's Prayer. 

The People still kneeling, the Benediction shall follow, and the closing of the Word. 



CONFESSION OF FAITH, OR CONFIRMATION. 



The Candidate having come forward, the Minister shall say: 

Inasmuch as you have come before the Lord to confess your faith in 
Him, and to make manifest your intention to obey His commandments, 
hear now therefore the Word of the Lord, and the Heavenly Doctrine 
of the New Jerusalem. 

The Minister shall then read one or more of the following passages from the Sacred Scripture: 

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same 
came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through 
him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness 
of that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that 
cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made 
by Him, and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own, and 
His own received Him not. But as many as received Him, to them gave 
He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His 
name; which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor 
of the will of man, but of God. John i: 6-ij. 

In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness 
of Judea, and saying, Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 
For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Ksaias, saying, The 
voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, 
make His paths straight. And the same John had his raiment of 
camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was 
locusts and wild honey. Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all 
Judea, and all the region round about Jordan, and were baptized of 
him in Jordan, confessing their sins. Matthew j: 1-6. 

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and 
of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is 
born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind 
bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst 
not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth; so is every one that is 
born of the Spirit. John j: 5-8. 

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If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what 
ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, 
that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. As the Father 
hath loved me, so have I loved you; continue ye in my love. If ye 
keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have 
kept my Father's commandments, and abide in His love. John 15: 7-10. 

Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I con- 
fess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall 
deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in 
heaven. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy 
of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy 
of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not 
worthy of me. Matthew 10: 32-38, 

Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his. way? By taking heed 
thereto according to Thy Word. With my whole heart have I sought 
Thee; O let me not wander from Thy commandments. Thy Word have 
I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against Thee. Blessed art Thou, 
O Iyord; teach me Thy statutes. Psalm 119; 9-12. 

The Minister shall then read one or more of the following, or other passages from the General 
Doctrine: 

The tree of life in the midst of the Garden of Eden, and the tree of 
the knowledge of good and evil, signify that free will in spiritual things 
is given to man. 

While he lives in the world, man is kept in the middle between 
heaven and hell, and thereby in spiritual equilibrium, whence he has 
free will in spiritual things. That man has such free will is manifest 
from the permission of evil, in which the internal of every one is; for 
he can think in favor of God, or against God, and he can think in favor 
of the Divine things of the church, or against them, as he wills. And 
because man has free will in spiritual things, he also has free will in 
civil, moral, and natural things. 

Without free will in spiritual things, the Word would not be of any 
use, nor would the church be anything; for the Word is a book of laws 
according to which man is to live, that he may obtain eternal life; for 
what purpose are these laws if man has no free will in spiritual things, 
that is, in such things as concern salvation and eternal life ? 



CONFESSION OF FAITH, OR CONFIRMATION. 409 

Without free will in spiritual things, there could be no charity or 
faith with any man, nor any conjunction of charity and faith; hence 
there could not be anything by which the Lord could conjoin Himself 
to man, and without reciprocal conjunction there can be no reformation, 
no regeneration, and hence no salvation. 

Every spiritual thing of the church, which enters in freedom, and 
is received in freedom, remains; but if anything is introduced when 
there is not a state of freedom, this is not received, nor does it enter in 
and add itself to the life of man. The will and the understanding of 
man are in this free will; but the doing of evil in both worlds is re- 
strained by laws, since otherwise society would perish, and the whole 
human race would be destroyed. 

Every man, as long as he lives in the world, walks in the midst 
between heaven and hell, and thence is in equilibrium, so that he has 
freedom of will to look upward to God, or downward to hell; if he looks 
upward to God, he is as to his spirit actually with the angels of heaven, 
but if he looks downwards, as every one does who is in the falsity of evil, 
he is as to his spirit actually with the devils of hell. 

Man has free will in this, that he feels life in himself to be as his 
own, and God leaves him so to feel, that conjunction may be effected, 
which is not possible unless it be reciprocal; and it becomes reciprocal 
when man acts as from himself. Hence it follows, that every man can 
be saved; and the Lord is not in fault, but man, if he is not saved; and 
man is in fault because he does not cooperate, or act as of himself from 
God. 

The reason why man has the freedom of thinking evil and falsity, 
and also of doing them, so far as the laws do not restrain, is that he may 
be reformed; for goods and truths must be implanted in his love and 
will, that they may become of his life; and this cannot be effected 
unless he have the liberty of thinking evil and falsity, as well as good 
and truth. This freedom is given to every man by the Lord. For that 
which is inseminated in freedom remains; but what is inseminated by 
compulsion does not remain, because it is not from the will of the man 
himself, but from the will of him who compels. 

From these things it may appear that free will consists in doing 
good from choice, or from the will itself. They are in this freedom 
who are led by the Lord, and they are led by the Lord who love good 
and truth for the sake of good and truth. 



SACRAMENTS AND RITES. 



A ddressing the Candidate, the Minister shall say: 

You have been baptized into the New Church, and you now present 
yourself, in acknowledgment of your Baptism, to take upon yourself, 
and make your own, the confession and promise made for you by your 
parents {guardians). Now therefore let me ask: 

Do you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the one only God of 
heaven and earth? 

A nswer: 

I do. 

Minister: 

Do you believe in the Word of the Lord, and in the Heavenly 
Doctrine of the New Jerusalem ? 

A nswer: 

I do. 

Minister: 

Do you believe in keeping the commandments of the Decalogue, 
that you may thereby enter into everlasting life ? 

A nswer: 

I do. 

All kneeling, the Minister shall repeat one of the following, or other suitable Prayers: 

Bless, O Lord, this Thy servant; defend Kipt by the power of Thy 
Word; infill him with the love of Thy truth, that he may daily increase 
in intelligence and wisdom, and be prepared for the life of Thine ever- 
lasting kingdom. Amen. 

O Lord God, our Heavenly Father, we beseech Thee to bestow Thy 
blessing upon this Thy servant, who has come before Thee to confess his 
faith in Thee and in Thy Word; give him strength and power to keep 
Thy commandments, that he may enter into life, and be evermore con- 
joined with Thee in Thy heavenly kingdom. Amen. 

O Lord, our Father in heaven, the Source of all good and truth to 
angels and to men; send Thy Holy Spirit upon this Thy servant, teach 
him the hidden things of Thy wisdom, warm his heart with the sacred 
fire of Thy love, and strengthen him in a righteous and holy life, that 
abiding in Thee always, he may bring forth fruit unto eternal life. 
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The Minister and People shall say together: 

Our Father, who art in the heavens, hallowed be Thy name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven so upon the earth. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also 
forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us 
from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
forever. Amen. 

The Candidate still kneeling, the Minister laying on his hands shall say: 

The Lord bless thee and keep thee; the Lord make His face to 
shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee; the Lord lift up His 
countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. Amen. 

The Candidate standing, the Minister shall say: 

You have by this act of public confession placed yourself voluntarily 
under the government of the Lord. You are no longer to shun evil and 
do good from your, parents (guardians), but from the Lord alone. The 
Lord is now to be your Father, and the Church your Mother, and these 
are the Father and Mother you are now to serve and honor. 

Read the Word of the Lord in the Sacred Scripture, and in the 
Writings of the Church; avail yourself of all the means of instruction 
which the Lord has provided, in order that you may receive light from 
heaven. If this light become your light, the Lord Himself will be with 
you, and bless you in all the days that are to come, even to the end of 
life in the world, and in heaven forever. Amen. 

A Hymn or Psalm of Praise may be sung. 

The Minister may then pronounce the Benediction. 



BETROTHAL. 



A Hymn or Psalm of Praise may be sung. 

The Persons to be betrothed standing before the Minister, he shall read one or more of the 
following passages of Scripture: 

Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the lovingkindness of thy 
youth, the love of thy betrothings when thou wentest after me in the 
wilderness, in a land not sown. Israel was holiness unto the Lord, 
and the firstfruits of his increase. Jeremiah 2: 2, j. 

Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with 
lovingkindness have I drawn thee unto me; and I will yet build thee, 
and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel; thou shalt yet be adorned 
with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make 
merry. Jeremiah 4. 

And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee 
unto me in justice and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in 
mercies; and I will betroth thee unto me in faithfulness; and thou shalt 
know the Lord. Hosea 2: 19, 20. 

And the Spirit and the Bride say, Come; and let him that heareth 
say, Come; and let him that is athirst come; and whosoever will, let 
him take the water of life freely. Revelatio?i 22; 17. 

The Minister shall then read the following, or other instruction from the Heavenly Doctrine: 

It is according to Divine Order that a solemn betrothal shall 
precede marriage; for in this way consent, which is the essential of 
marriage, is established, strengthened, and confirmed. 

The ends and uses of betrothals are, that the souls of the two may 
incline towards each other; that the universal love of the sex may 
be determined to one of the sex; that the interior affections ma}' be 
mutually known, and by application conjoined in the internal joyous- 
ness of love; that the spirits of both may enter into marriage, and be 

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more and more eonsociated; that conjugial love may thus advance 
regularly from its first warmth even to the nuptial flame; and finally 
that conjugial love may grow up in just order from its spiritual origin. 

Addressing the man and the woman by their Christian names, the Minister shall say: 

Will you now, in the presence of the Lord, declare your undivided 
love for each other, and your mutual consent to become one in affection 
and thought, and in all the ends and purposes of life ? 

Each shall answer: 
I Will. 

Rings or other pledges may be exchanged, and the Minister shall say to the man: 

Will you betroth this woman, that you may be conjoined with her 
in spirit, and be prepared by the Lord for the holy state of marriage ? 

The man shall answer: 
I Will. 

The Minister shall say to the woman: 

Will you betroth this man, that you may be conjoined with him in 
spirit, and be prepared by the Lord for the holy state of marriage ? 

The woman shall answer: 

I will. 

All kneeling, the Minister shall repeat the following, or other suitable Prayers: 

We pray Thee, O Lord, for Thy presence and blessing; Thou art 
the Bridegroom and Husband of the Church; Thy love is perfect, and 
from Thee is perfect peace; to be with Thee is fulness of joy, and life 
evermore. Amen. 

O Lord Jesus Christ, who art Love itself, and Wisdom itself, and 
from whom is all conjugial love with angels and with men; descend, 
we pray Thee, into the minds and hearts of these Thy servants who 
have plighted their faith before Thee; establish and confirm their 
betrothal; incline their hearts to each other, that they may be more and 
more eonsociated in spirit and life; may the thought of their heart 
ascend as one to Thee; may they know and love Thee as their only 
God and Lord; and be Thou ever present with them to lead them in 
the ways of heavenly joy and peace. Amen. 



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The Minister and People shall say together: 

Our Father, who art in the heavens, hallowed be Thy name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven so upon the earth. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also 
forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us 
from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
forever. Amen. 

The man and woman still kneeling, the Minister standing shall lay on his hands, and shall say. 

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face to 
shine upon you, and be gracious unto you; the Lord lift up His 
countenance upon you, and give you peace. Amen. 

A Hymn or Psalm of Praise may be sung. 

The Minister shall then pronounce the Benediction, 



MARRIAGE. 



A Hymn or Psalm of Praise may be sung. 

The Persons to be married standing before the Minister, the woman at the right hand of the 
man, the Minister shall read one or more of the following passages of Scripture: 

And God created man in His own image, in the image of God 
created He him; male and female created He them. And God blessed 
them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the 
earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and 
over the fowl of the heaven, and over every living thing that creepeth 
upon the earth. Genesis m 2/, 28. 

In the da} 7 that God created man, in the likeness of God made He 
him; male and female created He them; and He blessed them, and 
called their name man, in the day when they were created. Genesis 

5: J, 2. * 1 

He who made them at the beginning made them male and female, 
and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall 
cleave unto his wife; and they two shall be one flesh. Wherefore they 
are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined to- 
gether, let not man put asunder. Matthew 19: 4-6. 

The Minister shall then read one or more of the following passages, or other instruction from 
the Heavenly Doctrine; 

Marriage on earth descends from the marriage of good and truth 
in heaven, which in its inmost and supreme is the union of the Divine 
and the Human in the Lord. The marriage of conjugial love, which is 
between one man and one woman, is thus from the Lord Himself, and 
is with angels and men, according to their acknowledgment of the 
Lord in heart and life. 

Conjugial love from its Divine origin is celestial, spiritual, holy, 
pure, and clean, above every love which is from the Lord, with the 
angels of heaven and the men of the church; and it is also the funda- 
mental love of all celestial, spiritual, and thence of natural loves; and 
into it are gathered all joys and all delights from first to last; but no 
one can come into this love who does not approach the Lord, love the 
truths of the church, and do its goods. 

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Marriage is most holy, not only from its origin in heaven from the 
Lord, but also from this, that it is the seminary of the human race, and 
that which is the seminary of the human race is also the seminary of 
the angelic heaven. Since marriage is so holy, it is not to be violated 
in any manner, for thereby heaven is closed to man. 

The marriage of love truly conjugial is the union of two in thought 
and will, in truth and good; and they who are in it love to think and 
will each as the other, and thus to become as one man. The image 
and likeness of one is in the mind of the other, and they dwell together 
in all things of life even to the inmost. They who so dwell together on 
earth dwell together as angels after death. 

To fulfill the Divine end of marriage, and to enjoy its blessedness 
of life, the husband and wife must be delivered from the love of self 
and the world, and become established in supreme love to the Lord, 
and in mutual love to each other; because love to the Lord and to one 
another conjoins them more and more, in affection and thought, and in 
every word and work. 

Addressing the Bridegroom and Bride by their Christian names, the Minister shall say: 

You have come before the Lord that your mutual consent to 
become husband and wife may be fixed and established in a solemn 
marriage covenant, the same to be duly witnessed and confirmed. 

Will you now, therefore, in the presence of the Lord, pledge your 
love and plight your faith, each to the other, that from being two you 
may become one, in affection and in thought, in mind and in life ? 

Each shall answer: 

I will. 

Minister: 

And will you now be united together in marriage as husband and 
wife, according to the laws of Divine Order ? 

Each shall answer; 

I will. 

Addressing the man, the Minister shall say: 

Wilt thou have this woman for thy married wife; wilt thou love, 
honor, and comfort her, and cleave unto her alone, that ye may live 
together in the holy state of marriage, according to the ordinance of 
God? 



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The man shall answer: 

I will. 

Addressing the woman, the Minister shall say: 

Wilt thou have this man for thy wedded husband; wilt thou love, 
honor, and comfort him, and cleave unto him alone, that ye may live 
together in the holy state of marriage, according to the ordinance of 
God? 

The woman shall answer: 
I will. 

When a ring is used, the man shall give the ring to the woman, and the Minister receiving it 
from the woman shall return it to the man, who shall place it on the fourth finger of the 
woman's left hand, and holding it there shall say after the Minister, or shall himself say: 

In giving this ring I wed thee: and take thee to be my wife: in the 
name of the Lord Jesus Christ: the Bridegroom and Husband of the 
Church. 

The woman shall then say after the Minister, or shall herself say: 

In receiving this ring I wed thee: and take thee to be my husband: 
in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ: the Bridegroom and Husband of 
the Church. 

The man and woman shall now join their right hands, and the Minister placing his hand on 
theirs shall say: 

In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I pronounce you husband 
and wife. What God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 

The wife now taking her place at the left hand of the husband, and all kneeling, the Minister 
shall repeat one of the following, or other suitable Prayer: 

O Lord, the Fountain of life, and the Source of love in heaven and 
on earth; crown, we beseech Thee, with Thy blessing Thy servants 
now joined in the marriage covenant; unite their hearts in love to 
Thee and to one another; open their eyes upon their relations and 
duties; sustain them in the trials of life, and confirm them more and 
more in every good word and work. Inspire them continually with 
conjugial love; give them one heart, one mind, and one way; lead them 
in the paths of righteousness and peace, to the fulness of joy in the life 
everlasting. Amen. 



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O Lord Jesus Christ, who art the Creator and Preserver of the 
human race, the Author of life, and the Source of love to angels and to 
men; send now, we beseech Thee, Thy Divine blessing upon these Thy 
servants, upon this man and this woman, now united in the bond of 
marriage; grant them the knowledge to see Thy way, and the power to 
do Thy will, that they may ever grow and increase in all spiritual in- 
telligence and wisdom; that they may be conjoined more closely with 
Thee; that they may be inspired by Thee with the conjugial which is 
in heaven; that they may be prepared by a life together on earth for an 
eternal oneness in Thine everlasting kingdom. Amen. 

The Minister and People shall say together: 

Our Father, who art in the heavens, hallowed be Thy name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven so upon the earth. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also 
forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us 
from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
forever. Amen. 

The Imsband and wife still kneeling, the Minister rising shall lay on his hands, and shall say: 

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face to 
shine upon you, and be gracious unto you; the Lord lift up His 
countenance upon you, and give you peace. Amen. 

Or instead the Minister may say: 

The Lord in His mercy bless you, preserve you, and keep you; the 
Lord look upon you, and guide you, and lead you; the Lord grant you 
a blessed life on earth, and eternal life together in heaven. Amen. 

All standing, a Hymn or Psalm of Praise may be sung. 
The Minister shall then pronounce the Benediction. 



ORDINATION. 



A Hymn or .Psalm of -Praise may be sung. 

The Candidate for ordination having come forward, the Bishop shall say: 

Inasmuch as in the Word of God, and in the Heavenly Doctrine of 
the New Jerusalem, it is enjoined and provided that there be in the 
Church of the Lord an established Priesthood, to be instrumental in the 
Divine work of saving souls; and as Priests are to be duly inaugurated 
and set apart for the duties of their sacred office, by prayer and the 
laying on of hands, it is incumbent upon us now, therefore, to proceed 
according to the institution and order of the Church, to inaugurate 
this our brother, who has presented himself before the Lord this day, 

into the ( degree of the) office of the Priesthood of the Lord 's New 

Church. 

The Bishop shall then read one or more of the following passages of Scripture: 

Concerning the institution of the Priesthood by the Lord we read 
in the Sacred Scripture, that 

When Jesus saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion on 
them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having 
no shepherd. Then saith He unto His disciples, The harvest truly is 
plenteous, but the laborers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the 
harvest, that He send laborers into His harvest. Matthew g: 36-38. 

When Jesus had called together His twelve disciples, He gave them 
power over unclean spirits to cast them out, and to heal all manner of 
sickness, and all manner of disease. These twelve Jesus sent forth, 
and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and 
into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not; but go rather to the lost 
sheep of the house of Israel; and as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom 
of heaven is at hand. Matthew 10: 1-7. 

Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto 
me in heaven and on earth. Go ye therefore and teach all nations, 
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the 
Holy Spirit; teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have 
commanded you; and, lo, I am with you all the days, even until the 
consummation of the age. Matthew 28: 18-20. 

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SACRAMENTS AND RITES. 



Jesus said unto them, Peace be unto you; as the Father hath sent 
me, even so send I you. And when He had said this, He breathed on 
them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit. Whose soever 
sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye 
retain, they are retained. John 20: 19-23. 

To Simon Peter Jesus said, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me 
more than these? He saith unto Him, Yea, L,ord; Thou knowest that 
I love Thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. He saith to him 
again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me ? He saith 
unto Him, Yea, I^ord; Thou knowest that I love Thee. He saith unto 
him, Feed my sheep. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of 
Jonas, lovest thou me ? Peter was grieved because He said unto him 
the third time, L,ovest thou me? And he said unto Him, Lord, Thou 
knowest all things; Thou knowest that I love Thee. Jesus said unto 
him, Feed my sheep. John 21: 15-17. 

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, 
that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should 
remain; that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, He 
may give it unto you. John 15: 16. 

The Bishop shall then read one or more of the following passages of Doctrine: 

We read also in the Heavenly Doctrine, that 

The priesthood in the supreme sense is every office which the I^ord 
performs as Savior; and whatsoever He performs as Savior is from His 
Divine L,ove; hence the priesthood was representative of the L,ord as to 
all the work of salvation from Divine I^ove. Therefore all Divine 
worship was of the office of priest, which at that time consisted chiefly 
in sacrifices and offerings, in arranging the bread upon the table of 
faces, in kindling the lamps every day, in burning incense, in expiating 
the people, and in remitting sins; moreover in explaining the Divine 
law, and in teaching, when they were at the same time prophets. 

All kings, by the royalty itself with them, represent the I^ord; in 
like manner all priests by the priesthood itself with them. The royalty 
and the priesthood are holy, whatsoever be the quality of him who 
ministers; hence it is that the Word taught by an evil person is equally 
holy, and also the administration of the Sacraments of Baptism and the 
Holy Supper, and the like. But so far as he does evil, a king puts off 
the representative of holy royalty, and the priest the representative of 
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Good may be insinuated into another by any one in the country, 
but not truth, except by those who are teaching ministers; if others 
insinuate truth, heresies exist, and the church is disturbed and rent 
asunder. Charity is exercised if by the truth of the church the 
neighbor is led to good; if in the church anything be called truth 
which leads away from good, it is not to be remembered, for it is not 
truth. 

A clergyman, because he is to teach doctrine from the Word con- 
cerning the Lord, and concerning redemption and salvation by Him, is 
to be inaugurated by the promise of the Holy Spirit, and by the repre- 
sentation of its transfer; but it is received by the clergyman according 
to the faith of his life. The Divine which is understood by the Holy 
Spirit, proceeds from the Lord through the clergy to the laity by 
preachings, according to the reception of the doctrine of truth thence; 
and by the Sacrament of the Holy Supper, according to repentance 
before it. 

Touch is communication, translation, and reception, because the 
interiors of man put themselves forth by externals, especially by the 
touch, and thus communicate themselves with another, and transfer 
themselves into another; and so far as the will of another is in accord 
and makes one, they are received. 

The Divine virtue and operation that is meant by the sending 
of the Holy Spirit, with the clergy in particular, is illustration and 
instruction. These are for the clergy in particular, because inaugura- 
tion into the ministry brings them with it. In addition to these two, 
there are two intermediate ones, which are perception and disposition; 
wherefore there are these four which follow in order with the clergy, — 
illustration, perception, disposition, and instruction. Illustration is 
from the Lord. Perception is with man according to the state of his 
mind, formed by doctrine. Disposition is from the affection of the love 
of the will; the delight of this love disposes. Instruction follows as an 
effect from the preceding causes. 

Priests are to teach men the way to heaven, and also lead them; 
they are to teach them according to the doctrine of their church from 
the Word, and lead them to live according to it. Priests who teach 
truths, and thereby lead to the good of life, and thus to the Lord, are 
the good shepherds of the sheep; but they who teach, and do not lead 
to the good of life, and thus to the Lord, are evil shepherds. 



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SACRAMENTS AND RITES. 



Priests must not claim to themselves any power over the souls of 
men, for they do not know in what state the interiors of men are; 
still less must they claim for themselves the power of opening and 
shutting heaven, since that power belongs to the Lord alone. 

Priests are to have dignity and honor on account of the holy things 
which they perform; but they who are wise give honor to the Lord, 
from whom the holy things are, and not to themselves; but they who 
are not wise attribute the honor to themselves, and take it away from 
the Lord. They who attribute honor to themselves on account of the 
holy things which they perform, prefer honor and gain to the salvation 
of souls, for which they should consult; but they who give honor to the 
Lord, and not to themselves, prefer the salvation of souls to honor and 
gain. No honor of any function is in the person, but it is adjoined to 
the person according to the dignity of the thing which he administers; 
and what is adjoined is not of the person himself, and also it is sepa- 
rated with the function; honor in the person is the honor of wisdom 
and of the fear of the Lord. 

THE FIRST DEGREE. 

Addressing the Candidate, the Bishop shall say: 

You have been duly authorized as a Candidate for the Ministry, 
and have served as a teacher of the Doctrines of the Church; and now 
you are called and selected for the Priesthood of the New Church of the 
Lord, and have presented yourself for ordination; let me ask, therefore: 

Do you believe that this call and selection is of the Divine Provi- 
dence of the Lord ? 

A nswer: 

I do. 

The Bishop shall say: 

Are you ready and willing to take upon yourself the duties and 
responsibilities of the office of Minister in the Priesthood of the New 
Church ? 

Answer: 

I am. 

The Bishop shall say: 

Will you therefore in the presence of the Lord, and before this 
assembly, declare your faith and make manifest your purpose in 
entering the priestly office ? 



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The Candidate shall read his declaration of faith. 
The. Bishop shall then say: 

Will you now be ordained into the Priesthood of the New Church, 
that you may enter upon the duties of this sacred office ? 

A nswer: 

I will. 

THE SECOND DEGREE. 

Addressing the Minister, the Bishop shall say: 

You have been ordained into the first degree of the Priesthood, and 
have served as a Minister of the Church; and now you are called and 
selected for the second or pastoral degree of the Priesthood of the New 
Church, and have presented yourself for ordination into that degree; let 
me ask, therefore: 

Do you believe that this call and selection is of the Divine Provi- 
dence of the Lord ? 

A nswer: 

I do. 

The Bishop shall say: 

Are you ready and willing to take upon yourself the duties and 
responsibilities of the office of Pastor in the Priesthood of the New 
Church ? 

Answer: 

I am. 

The Bishop shall say: 

Will you therefore in the presence of the Lord, and before this 
assembly, declare your faith and make manifest your purpose in 
entering the pastoral degree of the priestly office ? 

The Minister shall read his declaration of faith. 
The Bishop shall then say: 

Will you now be ordained into the second or pastoral degree of the 
Priesthood of the New Church, that you may enter more fully into the 
duties of this sacred office ? 



A nswer: 

I will. 



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THE THIRD DEGREE. 

Addressing the Pastor, the Bishop shall say: 

You have been ordained into the first and second degrees of the 
Priesthood, and have served as a Minister, and as a Pastor, of the 
Church; and now you are called and selected for the third or episcopal 
degree of the Priesthood of the New Church, and have presented yourself 
for ordination into that degree; let me ask, therefore: 

Do you believe that this call and selection is of the Divine Provi- 
dence of the Lord ? 

A nswer: 

I do. 

The Bishop shall say: 

Are you read}- and willing to take upon yourself the duties and 
responsibilities of the office of Bishop in the Priesthood of the New 
Church ? 

Answer: 

I am. 

The Bishop shall say: 

Will you therefore in the presence of the Lord, and before this 
assembly, declare your faith and make manifest your purpose in 
entering the episcopal degree of the priestly office ? 

The Pastor shall read his declaratio?i of faith. 
The Bishop shall then say: 

Will you now be ordained into the third or episcopal degree of the 
Priesthood of the New Church, that you may enter still more fully 
into the duties of this sacred office ? 

A nswer: 
I Will. 

All kneeling, the Bishop shall repeat one of the following, or other suitable Prayer: 

O Lord, our Redeemer and Savior; we beseech Thee to bless Thy 
servant now about to enter {more fully) among those who teach Thy 
Word and lead in the way of heaven; enlighten him by Thy Holy 
Spirit; warm his heart; strengthen his hands; give him knowledge and 
understanding, that he may see Thy truth and follow Thee, seeking to 
know only Thy Divine will and Thy Divine law, in Thy presence 
evermore. Amen. 



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O Lord Jesus Christ, who art our King and High Priest forever; we 
pray Thee for the fulness of Thy presence in this act and ordinance of 
Thy Church; come Thou, O Lord, with light and power, to give enlight- 
enment and strength to this Thy servant now entering {more fully) upon 
the duties of the priestly office; be Thou with him in the work that is 
before him; bless his ministrations for the good of Thy Church; lead 
him in the way of truth and order in the promotion of Thy Divine 
work of leading souls to Thy kingdom; as he works so may he grow in 
knowledge and intelligence, and in all good, that he may fulfill the 
measure of his use, to the honor and glory of Thy holy name. Afnen. 

The Minister and People shall say together: 

Our Father, who art in the heavens, hallowed be Thy name. Thy 
kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven so upon the earth. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also 
forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us 
from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
forever. Amen. 

THE FIRST DEGREE. 

The Candidate still kneeling, the Bishop standing shall lay on his hands, and shall say: 

In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I do hereby ordain thee a 
Priest of the New Church, in the first degree of the office of the 
Priesthood. 

The Bishop shall then say: 

The Lord bless thee and keep thee; the Lord make His face to 
shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee; the Lord lift up His 
countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. Amen. 

The Minister rising, the Bishop shall say to him: 

By this act of ordination thou art authorized to preach the Doctrines 
of the New Church, to lead in public worship, and to administer the 
sacrament of Baptism; and so to teach men the way to heaven, and 
lead them therein. 

The Bishop placing the stole shall say: 

By this sign it shall be known that you are furnished and prepared 
to perform the duties pertaining to the first degree of the priestly 
office. 



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The Bishop may then say: 

You have been introduced into the first degree of the Priesthood 
of the New Church, and I now recognize you as a Minister in the 
General Church of the New Jerusalem. 

THE SECOND DEGREE. 

The Minister still kneeling, the Bishop standing shall lay on his hands, and shall say: 

In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I do hereby ordain thee a 
Priest of the New Church, in the second degree of the office of the 
Priesthood. 

The Bishop shall then administer the Blessing as above. 
The Minister rising, the Bishop shall say to him: 

In addition to the duties already conferred, thou art by this act of 
ordination authorized to administer the Holy Supper, to consecrate 
marriages, to preside over a Society of the Church; and so to enter 
more fully into the use of teaching men the way to heaven, and of 
leading them therein. 

The Bishop placing the stole shall say; 

By this sign it shall be known that you are furnished and prepared 
to perform the duties pertaining to the second degree of the priestly 
office. 

The Bishop may then say: 

You have been introduced into the second degree of the Priesthood 
of the New Church, and I now recognize you as a Pastor in the General 
Church of the New Jerusalem. 

THE THIRD DEGREE. 

The Minister still kneeling, the Bishop standing shall lay on his hands, and shall say: 

In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I do hereby ordain thee a 
Priest of the New Church, in the third degree of the office of the 
Priesthood. 

The Bishop shall then administer the Blessing as above. 
The Minister rising, the Bishop shall say to him: 

In addition to the duties already conferred, thou art by this act of 
ordination authorized to ordain ministers, and to preside over a general 
body of the Church; and so to enter still more fully into the use of 
teaching men the way to heaven, and of leading them therein. 



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The Bishop placing the stole shall say: 

By this sign it shall be known that you are furnished and prepared 
to perform the duties pertaining to the third degree of the priestly 
office. 

The Bishop may then say: 

You have been introduced into the third degree of the priesthood 
of the New Church, and I now recognize you as a Bishop in the General 
Church of the New Jerusalem. 

The Bishop may then say to the Minister, Pastor,, or Bishop, newly ordained: 

By this act of inauguration you are introduced {more fully) into 
your use of charity among men ; and as a man is regenerated by his use 
of charity, when he shuns evils as sins, so the priest by the faithful 
performance of the duties of his function, and by a loyal obedience to 
the laws of order as applied to his use, is led in the path of heaven and 
eternal life; even as we read in the Heavenly Doctrine concerning 
charity in the priest: — If he looks to the Lord and shuns evils as sins, 
and performs sincerely, justly, and faithfully, the work of the Ministry, 
he does the good of use continually, and becomes charity in form. 
And he does the good of use, or the work of the Ministry, sincerely, 
justly, and faithfully, when the salvation of souls affects him; and as 
this affects him, so truths affect him, because by them he leads souls to 
heaven; and he leads souls by truths to heaven when he leads them to 
the Lord. His love then is to teach truths diligently from the Word, 
because when he teaches them from the Word, he teaches them from 
the Lord. For the Lord is not only the Word, but He is the Way, the 
Truth, and the Life, and also the Door; wherefore he who enters by the 
Lord as the Door into the sheepfold is a good shepherd; but he who 
does not enter by the Lord as the Door into the sheepfold is an evil 
shepherd, who is called a thief and a robber. 

In this teaching of the Heavenly Doctrine concerning charity in 
the priest, we learn that he is to look to the Lord, and he is to shun 
evils as sins. This is the sum of the law and the prophets, the sum of 
all Divine Truth, the two universals of salvation and eternal life. 
When this is done by a priest in his use, he then performs his use 
sincerely, justly, and faithfully, and is a good shepherd providing for 
the welfare of the sheep ; and he is affected by the love of the salvation 
of souls, which is from the Divine Love, and the Divine End, of 
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heaven; and he is affected by the love of the salvation of souls when 
he is affected by truths, for truths are what save souls. He therefore 
looks to the Lord when he looks to the truths of His Word, and follows 
those truths, without regard to the allurements of the world, and with- 
out fear of any consequences to himself; for he knows that the Lord 
will protect and provide for every one who faithfully performs the work 
of his use, and the duty of his calling. 

The duty of the priest then, as the duty of all men, is given in sum 
in the Divine injunction to look to the Lord, and to shun evils as sins; 
the application of which is left to every one, according to the illus- 
tration that is given him, and the spiritual discernment in the duties of 
his use. 

And now may the Lord go with you in all your ways, and by the 
Spirit of truth lead you into all truth. Amen. 



A Hymn or Psalm of Praise may besu?ig, and the Benediction may follow. 



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The Service may be opened by the singing of a Hymn or Selection from the Word. 

The Minister shall read the whole or portions of the following from the Sacred Scripture: 

Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. 
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever Thou hadst formed 
the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art 
God. Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye chil- 
dren of men. For a thousand years in Thy sight are as yesterday when 
it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as 
with a flood; they are as a sleep; in the morning they are like grass 
which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in 
the evening it is cut down, and withereth. The days of our years 
are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they are 
fourscore years, yet is their strength, labor and sorrow; for it is soon 
cut off, and we fly away. So teach us to number our days, that we 
may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Psalm go: 1-6, zo, 12. 

The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of 
great mercy. The Lord is good to all; and His tender mercies are over 
all His works. The Lord is righteous in all His ways, and holy in all 
His works. The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon Him, to all 
that call upon Him in truth. He will fulfill the desire of them that 
fear Him; He also will hear their cry, and will save them. The Lord 
preserveth all them that love Him; but all the wicked will He destroy. 
My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord; and let all flesh bless 
His holy name for ever and ever. Psalm 145: 8, 9, 17-21. 

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that 
fear Him. For He knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are 
dust. As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so 
he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the 
place thereof shall know it no more. But the mercy of the Lord is 
from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him, and His 
righteousness unto children's children; to such as keep His covenant, 
and to those that remember His commandments to do them. Psalm 
103: 13-18. 

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Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I 
will fear no evil; for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they 
comfort me. Psalm 23: 4. 

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and 
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal; but lay 
up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust 
doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal; for 
where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Matthew 6: 19-21. 

Let your loins be girded about, and 3-our lights burning; and 3 T e 
yourselves like unto men that wait for their Lord, when He will return 
from the wedding; that when He cometh and knocketh, they may open 
unto Him immediately. Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord 
when He cometh shall find watching; verily I say unto you, that He 
shall gird Himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come 
forth and serve them. Luke 12; 35-37. 

And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the 
body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn 
you whom ye shall fear; Fear him, which after he hath killed hath 
power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. Are not five 
sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before 
God ? But even the ver3 r hairs of } T our head are all numbered. Fear 
not therefore; ye are of more value than many sparrows. Luke 12: 
4~7> 

Let not y our heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in 
me. In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I 
would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go 
and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto 
myself ; that where I am, there ye may be also. John 14: 1-3. 

I am the resurrection, and the life; he that believeth in me, though 
he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in 
me shall never die. John 11 : 23, 26. 

Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, 
when he called the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, 
and the God of Jacob. For He is not a God of the dead, but of the 
living; for all live unto Him. Luke 20: 37, 38. 

And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give 
every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the 
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His commandments, that they may have power in the tree of life, and 
may enter in through the gates into the city. Revelation 22: 12-14. 

And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on mount Sion, and with Him 
a hundred forty and four thousand, having His Father's name written 
in their foreheads." And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of 
many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder; and I heard the voice 
of harpers harping with their harps; and they sang as it were a new 
song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders; and 
no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four 
thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. These are they which 
were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they 
which follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. These were redeemed 
from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. And 
in their mouth was found no guile; for they are without fault before 
the throne of God. Revelatiori 14: 1-5. 

And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These 
are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their 
robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they 
before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple; 
and He that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall 
hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on 
them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne 
shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters; 
and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. Revelation 7: 14-17. 

Here is the patience of the saints; here are they that keep the 
commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. And I heard a voice 
from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in 
the Lord from henceforth. Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from 
their labors; and their works do follow them. Revelation 14: 12-13 

At the funeral of a child, portions of the foregoing may be read with the following: 

O Lord our Lord, how excellent is Thy name in all the earth ! who 
hast set Thy glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babes and 
sucklings hast Thou ordained strength because of Thine enemies ; that 
Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. When I consider Thy 
heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou 
hast ordained; what is man, that Thou art mindful of him ? and the son 
of man, that Thou visitest him ? For Thou hast made him a little lower 
than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. O Lord 
our Lord, how excellent is Thy name in all the earth ! Psalm 8: 7-5, 9. 



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And they brought unto Him also infants, that He would touch 
them; but when His disciples saw it, they rebuked them. But Jesus 
called them unto Him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, 
and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say 
unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little 
child shall in no wise enter therein. Luke 18: 15-17. 

Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones, for I say 
unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my 
Father which is in heaven. Even so it is not the will of your Father 
which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. Matthew 
18: 10, 14. 

And David said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; 
for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious unto me, that 
the child may live ? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast ? can I 
bring him back again ? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to 
me. 2 Samuel 12: 22, 23. 

The Lord gave, and the I^ord hath taken away; blessed be the name 
of the Iyord. Job 1: 21. 

The Minister may then read the whole or portions of the following front the Heavenly 
Doctrine, or give other instruction: 

Man is so created that as to his internal he cannot die; for he can 
believe in God, and can also love God, and can thus be conjoined with 
God by faith and love; and to be conjoined with God is to live to 
eternity. 

Man lives as a man after death, and those who are conjoined with 
God by a life according to His commandments, are more blessed and 
happy than before in the world, exceeding it a thousand times. 

After the death of the body, the spirit of man appears in the 
spiritual world in a human form, altogether as it appeared in the natural 
world. He also enjoys the faculty of sight, of hearing, of speaking, 
and of feeling, as before in the world; and he is endowed with every 
faculty of thought, of will, and of action, as before in the world; in a 
word, he is a man in all things and in every particular, as he was 
before in the world, except that he is not encompassed with that gross 
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ever resume it. This continuation of life is what is meant by the 
resurrection. 

That after death every man lives to eternity, is manifest from the 
Word, where life in heaven is called life everlasting; and the Lord said 
also to His disciples, Because I live, ye shall live also; and concerning 
the resurrection He said, that God is God of the living, and not of the 
dead, for all live unto Him, and that they cannot die any more. 

Because after death every man lives to eternity, no angel or spirit 
ever thinks of death, yea, they are altogether ignorant of what death is. 
Wherefore when mention is made in the Word of death, they under- 
stand resurrection and the continuation of life; and when mention is 
made of burial, they do not think of the body which is rejected, but of 
the soul which rises again; for they are in spiritual ideas, thus in those 
things which are of life. 

Man is said to die, but still he does not die; he is only separated 
from the material body, which had served him for use in the world, but 
which can no longer be of any use to him; for man himself lives. He 
is said to live, because man is not a man from the body but from the 
Spirit; for it is the spirit that thinks in man; and the thought with 
affection, which makes the spirit, also makes the man. Hence it is 
that when a man dies, he only passes from one world to another. 

In order that every man may live to eternity, it is necessary that 
what is mortal, or the material body, should be taken away from him 
by death; when this is done, that which is immortal is as it were 
stripped naked, and man becomes a spirit, an inhabitant of the spiritual 
world, still in the human form. 

When a man thus passes from the natural into the spiritual world, 
he takes with him all things belonging to him as a man, except his 
earthly body. For he is still in a body, as he was in the world, and 
to all appearance in the same body; but his body is spiritual, and 
wholly distinct from what is natural. Man, now a spirit in a spiritual 
body, enjoys every external and internal sense which he had when he 
was in the world. In a word, when a man passes from one life into the 
other, or from one world into the other, it is the same as if he passed 
from one place to another; and he carries with him all things which he 
had in himself as a man. Therefore, after death, which is only the 
death of the earthly body, it cannot be said that man has lost anything 
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With every man there is an inmost or supreme degree of life, into 
which the Divine of the Lord first inflows. This inmost or supreme is 
the entrance of the Lord into man, and is His very abode itself with 
him; by it man is man and is distinguished from the brute animals, 
which have it not. It is from thence that man can be elevated by the 
Lord to Himself, can believe in Him, can be affected by love to Him, 
can receive intelligence and wisdom, and speak from reason. It is by 
virtue of this faculty that every man, even the evil, lives to eternity. 

That the mind of man cannot die, the ancient sages saw; for they 
said, How can the soul or mind of man die, when it has the faculty of 
growing wise? Their interior idea on this subject is known to few at 
this day, but it descended into their common perception from heaven, 
and was this, that God is wisdom itself, of which man is a partaker, 
and God is immortal or eternal, and man is because God is. 

Every man is created to live to eternity in a happy state; for He 
that wills that every man should live to eternity, wills also that he 
should live in a happy state. What would eternal life be without it ? 
This state of man, indeed, is the end of creation. From these things it 
is manifest, that eternal life is also eternal happiness. But that only 
those who go to heaven are in this state, is not the fault of the Lord, 
but of man. 

The reason why all do not go to heaven is because they imbibe the 
delights of hell, which are opposite to the happiness of heaven, and 
they who are not in the happiness of heaven cannot enter into heaven, 
because they cannot endure it. No one who enters the spiritual world 
is refused the liberty of ascending into heaven; but he who is in the 
delight of hell cannot remain there, since opposites act against each 
other. But because they were born men, and cannot die, it is provided 
that every man shall dwell with his like, or with those who are in a 
similar delight of life, the evil with the evil, and the good with the 
good; and it is allowed every one, even the evil, to be in his own 
delight, provided he does not infest the good. 

Those who are in heaven are continually advancing to the spring of 
life; and to a spring so much the more delightful and happy, the more 
thousands of years they live, and this to eternity, with increase according 
to the progressions and degrees of their love, charity, and faith. 
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faith in the Lord, in charity towards the neighbor, and in happy 
conjngial love with a husband, after a succession of years come more 
and more into the flower of youth and early womanhood, and into a 
beauty which exceeds all idea of beauty ever perceivable by our sight. 
Goodness and charity is what forms and makes a resemblance of 
itself, and causes the delight and beauty of charity to shine forth from 
the minutest parts of the face, so that they themselves are forms of 
charity. They have been seen by some, and have excited astonishment. 
The form of charity, which is seen to the life in heaven, is such that 
charity itself is what portrays and is portrayed; and this in such a 
manner that the whole angel, especially the face, is as it were charity, 
which both appears and is plainly perceived; which form, when it is 
beheld, is ineffable beauty, affecting with charity the inmost life of the 
mind. In a word, to grow old in heaven is to grow 3^oung; those who 
have lived in love to the Lord and in charity towards the neighbor, 
become such forms, or such beauties, in the other life. All the angels 
are such forms, with innumerable variety; and of these heaven consists. 

At the funeral of a child, the Minister may read from the above, and portions from the chapter 
in Heaven and Hell on Infants in Heaven. 

All kneeling, the Minister shall repeat one of the following, or other suitable Prayer: 

O Lord, our Redeemer and Savior, who art the Resurrection and the 
Life, and our dwelling place in all generations; unfold unto us the 
ways of Thy merciful Providence, that we may stay our souls on Thee, 
who art our everlasting strength, and that with the passing away of 
these earthly things we may come unto Thee, and receive the life of 
Thy heavenly kingdom. 

In Thy Divine Compassion comfort the family and friends of the 
departed; be Thou their consolation, their strength, and their shield; 
enlighten them by Thy Holy Spirit, that they may confide in the 
appointments of Thine all-ruling Providence, and say with the thought 
of their heart, O Lord, Thy will be done; lead them in Thy mercy to 
the living Fountain of waters, and wipe away all tears from their eyes. 

By this visitation of Thy Providence, promote, we beseech Thee, 
the spiritual welfare of each one of us, and further our preparation for 
the life which is everlasting;, that when we are gathered to our fathers, 
we may be received into heaven, and dwell in Thy house forever. 
Amen. 



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O Lord God of our fathers, most merciful Lord Jesus Christ, in 
whose presence all men are living, and with whom there is no death; 
we beseech Thee to grant unto us that we may see in the passing away 
from this life of those whom we love, as in all the dispensations of Thy 
Providence, naught but the operation of Thy love and mercy; and that 
we may acknowledge, even though we mourn our natural loss, that all 
which Thou doest is well, that every calamity of this world doth but 
minister to the universal end of Thy creation, and that even through 
the death of this life Thou dost bestow the life of Thine eternal kingdom 
upon all who love Thee and keep Thy commandments. Teach us all, 
O Lord, to feel and know in our hearts that Thy way is truth, that Thy 
mercy is everlasting, and that in Thy presence alone is life and peace, 
and joy forever. Amen. 

O Lord, our Savior Jesus Christ, Thou everliving God, who hast 
in Thine infinite mercy been pleased to call the departed {little one) 
from this temporal to Thine eternal world; grant unto us to see in this 
dispensation of Thy wisdom the footsteps of an all-merciful Providence, 
which in every act of apparent destruction doth but further the progress 
of an eternal creation, and through the death of this life doth bestow 
the life of a heavenly kingdom. May this natural calamity, which 
Thou hast permitted to fall upon us, be sanctified in our eyes, that we 
may see in it naught but a provision of Thy love and mercy; and may 
it prove a blessing upon all who are assembled here this day, and 
especially upon the afflicted family and friends of him {the little one) 
whom Thou hast taken away from our midst, to be no longer with us 
in the flesh. Comfort those, O Lord, who loved him; strengthen them 
in Thy mercy; may this event minister in Thy hands to their spiritual 
and eternal good; may they submit in a humble spirit to the provisions 
of Thy will; that they may see in the messenger of natural death the 
herald of eternal life; that removal from earth is but admission into 
heaven; that separation from friends according to the flesh is but 
introduction into consociation with our spiritual kindred in Thine 
eternal kingdom of happiness and use. Receive us all, O Lord, when 
we go hence, into Thy more immediate presence, to be fed by Thee at 
the Fountain of living waters, where pain and sorrow shall be no more, 
and Thou Thyself shalt wipe away all tears from our eyes. Amen. 

All shall then unite in repeating the Lord's Prayer. 
A Hymn or Selection from the Word may be sting. 
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At the place of burial, a portion of the Word may be read, and a Hymn or Selection may be 
sung. 

When the coffin is lowered into the grave, the Minister shall say: 

Forasmuch as it hath pleased the Lord in His good Providence to 
remove our brother (or sister, or this child,) to the spiritual world, we 
do therefore commit his body to the grave, earth to earth, ashes to 
ashes, dust to dust. As the natural body is dissolved, the spiritual 
body is released and lifted up. Death is the gate of life. He is not 
here, he is risen. The Lord hath raised him from the dead to live in 
the spiritual world forever. 

Jesus said, I am the Resurrection and the Life. He that believeth 
in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth 
and believeth in me, shall never die. 

And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed 
are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth. Yea, saith the 
Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow 
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I will | sing | and give | praise. 

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2 Declare His glory a | mong the | nations, 
His | wonders • a | mong all | people. 

For the Lord is great and | greatly • to be | praised; 
He is to be | feared • a | bove all | gods. 

3 For all the gods of the | people • are | idols; 
But the | Lord | made the | heavens. 
Glory and honor | are be | fore Him; 
Strength and | beauty • are | in His [ sanctuary. 

Psalm 96: 1-6. 

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The Lord is to be worshipped. 

7 What shall I render | unto • the | Lord 
For all His | bene • fits | toward | me ? 
I will take the cup | of sal | vation, 
And call upon the | name | of the | Lord. 

2 I will pay my vows [ unto • the | Lord 
Now in the | presence • of | all His | people, 
In the courts of the | Lord's | house, 
In the I midst of | thee, O Je | rusalem. 

Psalm 116: 12-19. 



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From the £nd of the | earth I | call • unto | Thee. 
When my | heart | faileth, 

Lead me to the | Rock • that is | higher • than | I. 

2 For Thou art a | refuge ■ for | me; 

A tower of strength from the | face | of the | enemy. 
I will abide in Thy taber | nacle • for | ever; 
I will trust in the | shadow j of Thy | wings. 

3 For Thou O God | hearest • my | vows; 

Thou givest me the heritage of | those that ] fear Thy | name. 
Thou addest daj'S to the | days • of the | king; 
His years from gener | ation • to | gener | ation. 

4 He dwelleth before | God for | ever; 

O prepare mercy and truth; | let | them pre | serve Him. 
So will I sing praise to Thy | name for [ ever; 
That I may | daily • per | form my | vows. 

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A New Church will exist which will trust in the Lord. 

Q Make a joj^ful noise unto God, | all the | earth; 
Sing forth the | glory | of His | name; 
Make His | praise | glorious. 

Say unto God, How | terri • ble | are Thy | works ! 



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2 Through the greatness | of Thy | power 
Thine enemies | shall sub | mit • unto | Thee. 
All the earth shall | worship | Thee, 

And shall sing to Thee; they shall | sing to | Thy | name. 

3 Come and see the | works of | God; 

His doing is terrible | to the | sons of | men. 
He turn-ed the sea into | dry | land; 
They went | through the | flood on | foot. 

4 O bless our | God, ye | people, 

And make the voice of His [ praise | to be | heard. 
Blessed be God who hath not turn-ed a | way my | prayer, 
Nor His | mercy | from | me. 

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The universal Church will acknowledge and worship the Lord. 

God be merciful unto | us and [ bless us; 
And cause His [ face to | shine up | on us; 
That Thy way may be [ known up • on | earth; 
Thy sal [ vation • a | mong all j nations. 

2 Let the people praise | Thee O | God; 
Let all the | people | praise | Thee. 
Let the | nations • be [ glad, 

And | let them | sing for | joy. 

3 For Thou shalt judge the | people • up | rightly, 
And govern the | nations • up | on the | earth. 
Let the people praise | Thee O | God; 

Let all the | people | praise | Thee. 

4 The earth shall ( yield her | increase; 
God | our own [ God shall | bless us. 
God shall | bless | us; 

And all the ends of the [ earth shall | fear | Him. Psalm 67. 



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J J Lord Thou hast been favorable | to Thy | land; 

Thou hast brought back the cap | tivi | ty of | Jacob. 

2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity | of Thy | people; 
Thou hast | cover • ed | all their | sin. 

3 Thou hast taken away | all Thy | wrath; 

Thou hast turn-ed Thyself from the | fierceness | of Thine [ anger. 

4 Turn us O God of | our sal | vation, 

And cause Thine anger | toward | us to | cease. 

5 Wilt Thou be angry with | us for | ever ? 

Wilt Thou prolong Thine anger | to all | gener | ations ? 

6 Wilt Thou not turn again and | quicken | us, 
That Thy people | may re | joice in | Thee? 

7 Shew us Thy | mercy, O | I^ord; 

And | grant us | Thy sal | vation. Psalm 85: 1-7. 




Grievousness of the Lord's temptations. 

J 2 Give ear to my | prayer O | God; 

And hide not Thyself | from my | suppli | cation. 

Attend unto me and | answer | me; 

I mourn in my com [ plaint and | make a | noise; 

2 Because of the voice | of the | enemy, 

Because of the op | pression | of the | wicked; 
For they cast iniqui | ty up | on me, 
And I in their | wrath they | hate me. 



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3 My heart | trembleth • with | in me; 

And the terrors of | death are | fallen • up | on me. 
Fear and trembling are | come up | on me, 
And horror hath | over | whelm • ed | me. 

4 And I said, O that I had wings j like a | dove ! 
Then would I fly a | way and | be at | rest. 

Then would I wander far off and remain | in the | wilderness. 

I would hasten my escape from the | stormy | wind and | tempest. 

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77?e Lord reigns over the Church. 

J3 O °l a P your hands | all ye | people; 

Shout unto God | with the | voice of | triumph. 
For the Lord most | High is | terrible; 
He is a great King | over | all the | earth. 

2 He shall subdue the people | under | us, 
And the | nations | under • our | feet. 

He shall choose our in | heri • tance | for us, 
The excellency of | Jacob | whom He | loved. 

3 God is gone up | with a | shout, 

The Lord with the | sound | of a | trumpet. 
Sing praise to our | God, sing | praise; 
Sing praise | to our | King, sing | praise. 

4 For God is King of | all the | earth; 
Sing ye | praise with | under | standing. 
God reigneth | over • the | nations; 

God sitteth upon the | throne j of His | holiness. 

5 The princes of the people are | gathered • to | gether, 
The people of the | God of | Abra | ham; 

For the shields of the earth be | long • unto | God; 

And | He is | greatly • ex | alted. Psalm 47. 



446 



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Prayer of the Lord for help against falsifiers and hypocrites. 

J ^. Give ear to my | words O | Lord, 

And con | sider • my | medi | tation. 

Hearken to the voice of my cry, my | King • and my | God; 
For unto | Thee | will I | pray. 

2 My voice shalt Thou hear in the | morning, O | Lord; 
In the morning will I ad | dress Thee | and look | up. 

For Thou art not a God that hath | pleasure • in | wickedness; 
Neither shall | evil | dwell with | Thee. 

3 The foolish shall not stand | in Thy | sight; 
Thou hatest all | workers | of in | iquity. 
Thou shalt destroy them that | speak a | lie; 

The Lord will abhor the man of | blood | and de | ceit. 

4 But I will come into Thy house in the multitude j of Thy | mercy; 
In Thy fear will I worship | toward • Thy | holy | temple. 

Lead me O Lord in Thy justice be | cause of • mine | enemies; 
Make Thy way | straight be | fore my | face. Psalm 5: 1-8. 




A Church will exist which will acknowledge the Lord. 



I will hear what God the | Lord will | speak; 
For He will speak | peace | unto • His | people, 

2 And I to His | saints; 

That they may not | turn a | gain to | folly. 

3 Surely His salvation is nigh | them that | fear Him; 
That glory may | dwell | in our | land. 



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4 Mercy and truth are | met to | gether; 
Justice and | peace shall | kiss each | other. 

5 Truth shall spring | out • of the | earth; 
And justice | shall look | down from | heaven. 

6 Yea the L6rd~| shall give | good; 

And our | land shall | yield her | increase. 

7 Justice shall | go be | fore Him; 

And shall set us in the | way | of His | steps. 

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Thy way O God is in the | sanctu | ary; 
What God is so great as | our | God ? 
Thou art the | God that | doest | wonders. 

2 Thou hast declared Thy strength a | mong the | people; 
Thou hast with Thine arm re | deemed • Thy | people; 
The sons of | Jacob | and of | Joseph. 

3 The waters saw | Thee O | God, 

The waters saw Thee, they | were a | fraid; 
The deeps | also | were | troubled. 

4 The clouds | poured • out | water; 
The skies sent j out their | voice; 
Thine arrows j also | went a j broad. 

5 The voice of Thy thunder was | in the | heaven; 
The lightnings j lightened • the j world; 

The | earth did j tremble • and [ shake. 

6 Thy way is j in the [ sea, 

And Thy path in | many | waters; 
And Thy | footsteps | are not | known. 

7 Thou leddest Thy people | like a | flock 
By the hand of [ Moses • and | Aaron. 

Thy | name O | Lord be | praised. Psalm 77/ 13-20. 



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The union of the Divine of the Lord with His Human. 

YJ It is good to give thanks | unto • the | Lord, 

And to sing praise to Thy | name O | Thou most j High; 
To show forth Thy mercy | in the | morning, 
And Thy | truth | in the | night. 

2 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and up | on the | psaltery; 
Upon the harp | with a | joyful | sound; 

For Thou O Lord hast made me glad | through Thy | work; 
I will rejoice in the | works | of Thy | hands. 

3 How great are Thy | works O | Lord; 
Thy | thoughts are | very | deep. 

A brutish man | knoweth | not; 

Neither doth a | fool • under | stand | this. 

4 When the wicked spring forth | as the | grass, 
And all the workers of in | iqui | ty do | flourish, 
Then shall they be de | stroyed • for | ever, 

But Thou O Lord art most | high for | ever | more. 

Psalm 92: 1-8. 




By the union of the Divine and the Human the Church will endure. 

Jg The Lord reigneth, He is | clothed • with | majesty; 
The Lord is | clothed • with | strength; 
He hath | girded • Him | self. 

2 The world also is established, it | cannot • be | moved; 
Thy throne is es | tablivShed • of | old; 
Thou art from | ever | lasting. 



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3 The rivers have lifted | up O | Lord, 
The rivers have lifted | up their | voice, 
The rivers lift | up their | roaring. 

4 The Lord on | high is | mightier 
Than the voice of ] many | waters, 
Mightier than the waves | of the | sea. 

5 Thy testimonies are | very | sure; 
Holiness be | cometh • Thine | house, 
6 | Lord for | ever. 

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The Lord is omnipotent 

JQ O come let us sing | unto • the | Lord; 

Let us make a joyful noise to the | Rock of | our sal | vation. 
Let us come before His face | with thanks | giving, 
And make a joyful | noise • unto | Him with | psalms. 

2 For the Lord is a | great | God, 

And a great | King a | bove all | gods. 

In His hands are the deep places | of the | earth; 

And the treasures | of the | mountains • are | His. 

3 The sea is His | and He | made it; 

And His hands | formed • the | dry | land. 
O come let us worship | and bow | down; 
Let us kneel be | fore the | Lord our | Maker. 

4 For He is | our | God; 

And we are the | people | of His [ pasture, 
And the sheep | of His | hand. 

Today if ye will hear His voice, | harden | not your | heart. 

Psalm 95; 1-8. 



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The Lord has all power and glory, and will come to Judgment. 

20 Give unto the Lord O ye families | of the | people, 
Give unto the | Lord | glory • and | strength. 
Give unto the Lord the glory | of His | name; 
Bring an offering and | come ] into • His | courts. 

2 Let the heavens rejoice and the | earth be | glad; 
Let the sea roar | and the | fulness • there | of. 
Let the field be joyful and all that | is there | in; 
Then shall all the trees of the | forest | sing for | joy 

3 Before the Lord; | for He | cometh, 

For He | cometh • to | judge the | earth; 
He shall judge the | world with | justice, 
And the | people ] with His | truth. 

Psalm 96: 7-13. 





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2 J Sing unto the Lord a ] new | song, 

His praise in the [ congre | gation • of | saints. 

Let Israel rejoice | in his | Maker; 

Let the sons of Zion re | joice | in their | King. 

2 Let them praise His name | in the | dance; 

Let them sing praise unto Him | with the | timbrel • and | harp. 
For the Lord taketh pleasure | in His [ people, 
The afflicted will He | glori • fy | with sal | vation. 

Psalm 149: 1-4. 



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The Advent of the Lord, and Judgment. 

22 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord [ all the | earth; 
Make a loud noise and re | joice and | sing J praise. 
Sing unto the Lord | with the | harp; 
With the harp and the | voice | of a | psalm. 



With trumpets and the voice [ of a | cornet 
Make a joyful noise be | fore the | King, the | 
Let the sea roar and the | fulness • there | of; 
The world and | they that | dwell there | in. 



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3 Let the rivers | clap their | hands; 

Let the mountains be joyful to | gether • be | fore the | Lord; 
For He cometh to | judge the | earth; 

He shall judge the world with justice, and the | people | with up 
Tightness. Psalm 98 .'.4-9. 




Praise of the Lord because of the doctrine of truth. 

23 ^ e k^ ve a I strong I city; 

Salvation will He ap | point for | walls and | bulwarks. 
6pen I ye the | gates, 

That a just nation which keepeth the | truth may | enter [ in. 

2 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is | staj 7 ed • on | Thee; 
Because | he | trusteth • in | Thee. 
Trust ye in the | Lord for | ever; 
For in the Lord Jehovah | is the | Rock of | ages. 

Isaiah 26: 1-4. 



452 CHANTS. 

77?e /.or*/ tv/7/ 6/7>7<7 /?e/yo a/7</ deliverance. 

24 O God my | heart is | fixed; 

I will sing and give | praise, | even • my | glory. 
Awake, | psaltery • and | harp; 
I | will a | wake | early. 

2 I will praise Thee O Lord a | mong the | people; 

And I will sing praise to | Thee a | mong the | nations. 
For Thy mercy is great a | bove the | heavens; 
And Thy | truth | unto • the | clouds. 

3 Be Thou exalted O God a | bove the | heavens, 
And Thy ^lory a ] bove | all the | earth. 
That Thy belov-ed may | be de | livered; 
Save with Thy right | hand and | answer | me. 

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25 I s ^ w i n the | night | visions, 

And behold one like the Son of Man | came • with the | clouds 

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And came to the | Ancient • of | days, 
And they | brought Him | near be | fore Him. 

2 And there was given Him dominion and glory | and a | kingdom, 
And all people j nations • and | tongues shall | serve Him; 
His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall | not • pass 

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And His kingdom which | shall not | be de | stroyed. 

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2g Praise O ye servants | of the | Lord, 
Praise the | name | of the | Lord. 
Blessed be the name | of the | Lord 
From this time forth | and for | ever | more. 

2 From the rising of the sun to his | going | down, 
Prais-ed be the | name | of the | Lord. 

The Lord is high a | bove all | nations; 
His glory | is a | bove the | heavens. 

3 Who is like unto the | Lord our | God, 
Who | dwelleth | on | high, 

Who humbleth Him | self to | see 

The things that are in | heaven • and | on the | earth ? 

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When the Lord comes He will teach and save the simple. 

27 Therefore will I | save my | flock, 

And they shall | no more | be a | prey. 

And I will set up one shepherd | over | them, 

And he shall feed them | even • my | servant | David. 

2 He shall feed them and he shall | be their | shepherd, 
And 1 the | Lord will | be their | God, 
And my servant David a | prince a | mong them; 
I the | Lord have | spoken | it. 

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28 Thou art my | portion, O | Lord; 

I have said that I would | keep | Thy | words. 
I entreated Thy face with my | whole | heart; 
Be merciful unto me ac | cording | to Thy | Word. 

2 I thought | on my | ways, 

And turned my | feet | unto • Thy | testimonies. 
I made haste and de | lay • ed | not 
To | keep ) Thy com | mandments. 

3 The cords of the wicked have en | compass • ed | me; 
But I have | not for | gotten • Thy | law. 

At midnight I will rise to give | thanks • unto | Thee 
Because of the | judgments | of Thy | justice. 

4 I am a companion of all | them that | fear Thee, 
And of | them that | keep Thy | precepts. 

The earth O Lord is | full • of Thy | mercy; 
6 | teach | me Thy | statutes. 

Psalm ug: 57-64. 




The Divine Truth proceeding from the Lord. 



Give ear O ye heavens and | I will | speak; 
And hear O | earth the | words • of my | mouth. 
My doctrine shall drop | as the | rain; 
My speech J shall dis | til • as the | dew, 



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2 As drops upon the | tender | grass, 

And as the | showers • up | on the | herb. 
Because I will proclaim the | name • of the | Lord; 
Give ye | greatness | to our | God. 

3 He is the Rock, His | work is | perfect; 
For | all His | ways are | judgment. 

A | God of | truth, 

And without iniquity | just and | right is | He. 

Deuteronomy j2: 1-4. 

Worship of the Lord from the truths of His Word. 

20 Praise the | Lord | from the | earth, 
Ye dragons and | all | deeps; 
Fire and | hail | snow and | vapor; 

2 Stormy | wind ful | filling • His | Word; 
Ye mountains and | all | hills; 
Fruitful I trees and | all | cedars; 

3 Wild I beasts | and all | cattle; 
Creeping things and | flying | fowl; 
Kings of the | earth | and all j people; 

4 Princes and all j judges | of the | earth; 
Young I men and | maidens; 

Old I men | and | children; 

5 Let them praise the | name | of the | Lord; 
For His name a | lone is | excellent; 

His glory is a [ bove the | earth and | heaven. 

6 He also exalteth the | horn | of His | people, 
The praise of | all His | saints; 

The sons of Israel a | people | near • unto | Him. 

Psalm 148: 7-14. 



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The Lord in His Divine Human is signified by the stone. 



The stone which the | builders • re | jected 
Is be | come the | head • of the | corner. 
This is the | Lord 's | doing ; 
It is | marvel • lous | in our | eyes. 

2 This is the day which the | Lord hath | made; 
We will rejoice | and be | glad in | it. 

Save now I beseech | Thee O | Lord; 

O Lord I beseech | Thee send | now pros | perity. 

3 Blessed is he that cometh in the name | of the | Lord; 
We have blessed you out of the | house | of the | Lord. 
O give thanks unto the Lord; for | He is | good; 

For His | mercy | is for | ever. 

Psalm 118: 22-29. 





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22 And I will give them | one | heart, 

And I will put a | new | spirit • with | in you; 

And I will take the stony heart | out of • their | flesh, 

And will give | them a J heart of | flesh; 

2 That they may walk | in my | statutes, 
And I keep my | judgments • and | do them; 
And they shall | be my | people, 
And I I will I be their | God. 

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The Lord fulfilled all things of the law. 

Blessed are the perfect | in the | way, 
Who | walk • in the | law • of the | Lord. 
Blessed are they that j keep His | testimonies, 
That seek | Him • with the | whole | heart. 

2 Even they who do | no in | iquity, 
Who | walk in | His | ways. 
Thou hast com | manded | us 

To | keep Thy | precepts | diligently. 

3 (3 | that my | ways 

Were di | rected • to | keep Thy | statutes ! 
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24 Fear thou not, O my | servant | Jacob, 
And be | not dis | mayed, O | Israel; 
For behold I will save thee | from a | far, 
And thy seed from the | land of | their cap | tivity; 

2 And Jacob shall return and be at rest | and at | ease, 
And none shall | make | him a | fraid. 
Fear thou not, O | Jacob • my | servant, 
For I am | with thee | saith the | Lord. 

Jeremiah 46: 27, 28. 



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Praise of the Lord for His mercy and His works. 

The Lord is | gracious • and | merciful; 
Slow to anger | and of | great | mercy. 
The Lord is | good to | all, 

And His tender mercies are | over | all His | works. 

2 All Thy works shall praise j Thee O | Lord; 
And Thy | saints shall | bless | Thee. 

They shall speak of the glory | of Thy | kingdom, 
And | talk of | Thy | power; 

3 To make known to the sons of men His | mighty | acts, 
And the glorious | majes • ty | of His | kingdom. 
Thy kingdom is an ever | lasting | kingdom, 

And Thy dominion | to all | gener | ations. 

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With my whole heart | will I | praise Thee; 

I will sing praise unto | Thee be | fore the | gods. 

I will worship toward Thy | holy | temple, 

And praise Thy name for Thy | mercy • and | for Thy | truth. 

2 For Thou hast magni | fied • Thy | Word 
A | bove all | Thy | name. 

In the day when I call Thou | answer • est | me, 
Thou enlargest | me with | strength • in my | soul. 



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3 All the kings of the earth shall praise | Thee O | Lord, 
When they hear the | words of | Thy | mouth. 

And they shall sing in the ways | of the | Lord; 
For great is the | glory | of the [ Lord. 

4 Though the Lord be high, yet He | seeth • the ] lowly; 
But the proud He j knoweth • a | far | off. 

Though I walk in the midst of distress, Thou | wilt re | vive me; 
Thou shalt stretch forth Thine hand a | gainst the | wrath • of mine 
| enemies. 

5 And Thy right | hand shall | save me. 

The Lord will perfect | that which | is for | me; 
Thy mercy O Lord | is for | ever; 

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37 ^ £^ ve thanks unto the Lord; call up | on His j name; 
Make known His | deeds a | mong the | people. 
Sing unto Him; sing | psalms • unto | Him. 
Talk ye of ] all His j wondrous | works. 

2 Glory ye in His | holy | name; 

Let the heart of them re | joice that [ seek the | Lord. 
Seek the Lord | and His | strength; 
Seek His | face for | ever [ more. 

3 Remember His marvellous works that j He hath | done; 
His wonders and the | judgments | of His | mouth; 

O } 7 e seed of Abra | ham His | servant, 
Ye sons of | Jacob | His [ chosen. 

4 He is the | Lord our [God; 

His judgments [ are in j all the | earth. 

He hath remembered His | covenant • for [ ever; 

The Word which He commanded to a | thousand | gener | ations. 

Psalm 105; i-8. 



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2§ Thy testimonies are | wonder | ful; 

Therefore doth my | soul [ keep | them. 
The opening of Thy words | giveth j light; 
It giveth under ] standing | to the | simple. 

2 I open my j mouth and | pant; 

Because I | long for | Thy com j mandments. 
Look Thou upon me and be | merciful • unto | me, 
According to judgment unto j those that | love Thy 



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Order my steps j in Thy | Word; 

And let not any iniquity have do | minion | over ] me. 
Deliver me from the op | pression ■ of | man; 
And I will | keep | Thy com | mandments. 

Psalm up: 129-134. 

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Those who look to the Lord will be sustained. 

gg He giveth power | to the | faint; 

And to them that have no might | He in | creaseth | strength. 
Even the youths shall faint j and be | weary, 
And the young | men shall j utter • ly | fall ; 

2 But they that wait upon the Lord shall re | new their | strength; 
They shall mount | up with | wings as | eagles; 
They shall run and | not be | weary; 
They shall ] walk | and not | faint. 

Isaiah 40: 29-31. 



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Attempt of the deceitful to destroy the Human of the Lord. 

In my distress I cried | unto • the | Lord, 
And I He | heard | me. 
O Lord deliver my soul from | lying | lips; 
And I from • a de | ceitful | tongue. 

What shall be given | unto | thee ? 

Or what shall be done unto thee, | thou de | ceitful | tongue ? 
Sharp arrows j of the | mighty, 
With [ coals of I juni | per. 



3 Woe is me that I so | journ in | Mesech, 
That I dwell | in the | tents of | Kedar ! 
My soul hath long dwelt with him that | 
I am for peace, but when I | speak they 



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are for | war. 

Psalm 120. 




The Lord turns Himself to those who trust in Him. 

4_ J Therefore will the Lord wait, that He may be | gracious • unto | you; 
And therefore will He be exalted that | He may • have | mercy • up | 
on you; 

For the Lord is a | God of | judgment; 
Blessed are all | they that | wait for | Him. 

2 For the people shall dwell in Zion | at Je | rusalem; 
And I thou shalt | weep no | more; 

He will have mercy upon thee at the voice | of thy [ cry; 
When He shall hear, | He will | answer | thee. 

Isaiah jo: 18 ', 19. 



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Redemption by the Lord, and instruction of those who are in ignorance. 

For it is good to sing praise | unto • our | God; 
For it is I pleasant • and | praise is | comely. 
The Lord doth | build Je | rusalem; 
He gathereth the | out | casts of | Israel. 

2 He healeth the | broken • in | heart, 
And I bindeth | up their | wounds. 
He telleth the number [ of the | stars; 
He calleth | them | all by | name. 

3 Great is our Lord and of | great | power; 
His finder | stand | ing is | infinite. 
The Lord lifteth | up the | meek; 

He bringeth low the wicked | even | to the [ earth. 

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^2 I cried out of my affliction to the Lord | and He | heard me; 

Out of the belly of hell I cried and | Thou didst | hear my | voice. 
For Thou didst cast me | into • the | deep, 
Into the I heart | of the [ seas. 

2 And the floods compassed me | round a | bout; 
All Thy billows and Thy waves | passed | over | me. 
Then I said I am cast out from be | fore Thine | eyes; 
Yet I will look again | toward • Thy | holy | temple. 



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3 The waters compassed me about | even • to the | soul; 
The deep | closed • me | round a | bout, 

The sea weeds were wrap-ped a | bout my | head; 
I went down to the | bottom [ of the | mountains. 

4 The bars of the earth were a | bout me • for | ever; 

Yet hast Thou brought up my life from the | pit O | Lord my | God. 
When my soul fainted within me I re | membered • the | Lord; 
And my prayer came in unto Thee | into • Thy | holy | temple. 

5 They that observe lying vanities for | sake their • own | mercy; 
But I will sacrifice unto Thee with the | voice | of thanks | giving; 
I will pay that which | I have | vowed. 

Sal I vation • is | of the | Lord. Jonah 2: 2-g. 




The New Church will be with those who are in ignorance but desire truths. 

O give thanks unto the Lord, for | He is | good; 

For His I mercy | is for | ever; 

The redeem-ed of the | Lord shall | say, 

Whom He hath redeem-ed from the | hand | of the | enemy; 

2 And hath gathered them out | of the | lands, 

From the east and from the west, from the | north and | from the 
south. 

They wandered in the wilderness in a | solitary | way; 
They | found no | city • to | dwell in. 

3 They were | hungry • and | thirsty, 
Their | soul | fainted • with | in them. 

Then they cried unto the Lord | in their | trouble, 
And He delivered them | out of | their dis | tresses. 

4 And He led them forth by a | right | way, 

That they might go to a | city • of | habi | tation. 

Let them praise the Lord | for His | mercy, 

And His wonderful works | to the | children • of | men. 

Psalm joy: 1-8. 



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Praise ye trie name | of the | Lord; 
Praise Him 6 ye | servants | of the | Lord; 
Ye that stand in the house | of the [ Lord, 
In the courts of the | house of | our ] God. 

2 Praise the Lord, for the j Lord is | good; 

Sing praises to His | name, for | it is | pleasant. 
For the Lord hath chosen Jacob | for Him | self, 
And Israel | for His | own pos | session. 

3 For I know that the | Lord is | great, 
And that our Lord | is a | bove all | gods. 
Whatsoever He willeth, the | Lord | doeth, 

In heaven and in earth, in the | sea • and in | all | deeps. 

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£Q Praise God | in His | sanctuary; 

Praise Him in the | firma • ment ] of His ] power. 
Praise Him for His | mighty | acts; 

Praise Him according | to His ] excel • lent | greatness. 



2 Praise Him with the sound | of the | trumpet; 
Praise Him with the | psal • tery | and | harp. 
Praise Him with the | timbrel • and | dance; 

Praise Him with stnng-ed | instru | ments and | organs. 

3 Praise Him upon the | loud | cymbals; 

Praise Him up | on the • high | sounding | cymbals. 

Let everything that hath breath | praise the | Lord. 

Praise the | Lord. Praise | ye the | Lord. Psalm 150. 



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The innocence of those who trust in the Lord. 

J^J The wolf also shall dwell | with the | lamb, 

And the leopard | shall lie | down • with the | kid; 

And the calf and the young Hon and the | fatling • to [ gether; 

And a | little | child shall | lead them. 

2 And the cow and the | bear shall | feed; 
Their young ones [ shall lie | down to j gether; 
And the lion shall eat straw | like the | ox. 

And the sucking child shall play on the | hole | of the | asp, 

3 And the weaned child shall put his hand on the | den • of the 

basilisk. 

They shall do no hurt nor destroy in | all my | holy | mountain; 
For the earth shall be full of the knowledge | of the | Lord, 
As the | waters | cover • the | sea. 

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In that day shall the deaf hear the | words • of the | book, 
And the eyes of the blind shall | see | out of | darkness; 

2 The afflicted also shall have joy | in the | Lord, 

And the poor among men shall rejoice in the | Holy | One of | Israel. 

3 They shall sanctify the Holy | One of | Jacob, 
And shall | fear the | God of | Israel. 

4 They also that erred in spirit shall come to | under | standing, 
And they that | murmur • ed | shall learn | doctrine. 

Isaiah 29: 18-24. 



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^.Q Sing unto the Lord with | thanks | giving; 
Sing praise to our | God up | on the | harp; 
Who covereth the | heavens • with | clouds; 
Who prepareth | rain | for the | earth; 

2 Who maketh | grass to | grow 
On the | tops | of the | mountains: 
He giveth to the | beast his | food, 

To the | young I ravens • which | cry. 

3 He delighteth not in the strength | of the | horse; 
He taketh not pleasure | in the | legs • of a | man. 
The Lord hath pleasure in | them that | fear Him; 
In those that | hope | in His | mercy. 

Psalm 14J: 




The New Church and its Heavenly Doctrine. 

And he shew-ed me | that great | city, 
The I holy • Je | rusalem, 
Descending out of | heaven • from | God, 
Having the | glory • of | God. 

2 And the city had no | need • of the | sun, 
Neither of the moon to | shine in | it, 
For the glory of God did | lighten | it, 
And the Lamb is the | light there | of. 



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3 And there shall in no wise enter | into | it 
Anything | that de | fileth, 

Or worketh abomination or | maketh • a | lie; 

Bnt they which are written in the Lamb's | book of | life. 

4 And the throne of God and of the Lamb shall | be in | it; 
And His servants | shall | serve Him. 

And they shall | see His | face; 

And His name shall be | in their | foreheads. 

5 And there shall be no | night | there; 

And they need no candle, neither | light • of the | sun; 
For the Lord God | giveth • them | light; 
And they shall reign for | ever • and | ever. 

Revelation 21: 10, 23. 22: 3. 




The Lord has redeemed men, and will save them to eternity. 



g J I will praise the Lord with my | whole | heart, 

In the assembly of the upright ] and • in the | congre | gation. 
The works of the | Lord are | great, 

Sought out of all them | that have | pleasure ■ there | in. 

2 His work is | glorious • and | honorable; 
And His I justice • en | dureth • for | ever. 

He hath made His wonderful works to | be re | membered; 
The I Lord is | gracious • and | merciful. 

3 He hath given food to | them that | fear Him; 
His covenant will | He re | member • for | ever. 

He hath showed His people the power ] of His | works, 
That He may give them the | herit • age | of the | nations. 

4 The works of His hands are | truth and | judgment; 
All I His com I mandments • are | sure. 

They stand fast for | ever • and | ever, 
And are done in | truth | and up | Tightness 

Psalm 11 1: 1-8. 



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^2 Out of the deeps have I | cried • unto | Thee O | Lord. 

O Lord hear my voice; let Thine ears attend to the | voice • of 
my | suppli | cations. 

2 If Thou O | Lord, shouldest | mark in | iquities; 
(3 | Lord who [ then shall | stand ? 

3 But with | Thee there | is for | giveness, 
That | Thou | may est • be | feared. 

4 I wait for the | Lord, my | soul doth | wait, 
And m His | word | do I | hope. 

5 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than [ they that j watch • for 

the | morning; 
Yea more than | they that | watch • for the | morning. 

6 Let | Israel | hope • in the | Lord; 
For with the | Lord | there is | mercy; 

7 And with | Him is | plenteous • re | demption; 

And He shall redeem Israel | from all | his in | iquities. 

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Behold, | bless • ye the ( Lord, 
All ye servants | of the | Lord, 
Who by night stand in the | house | of the | Lord. 

2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and | bless the | Lord; 
The Lord that made | heaven • and | earth 
Bless | thee | out of | Zion. Psalm 134. 



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g^. Behold how good and how | pleasant • it | is 
For brethren to | dwell to | gether • in | unity. 



2 It is like the goodly oil up | on the | head, 

That ran down upon the beard, | even | Aaron's | beard; 

3 That went down to the hem | of his | garments; 

As the dew of Hermon that descended up | on the | mountains • of | 
Zion; 

4 For there the Lord com [ manded • the | blessing, 
Ivven I life for | ever | more. 

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The interna/ worship of the Lord. 

Wherewith shall I come be | fore the | Lord, 
And bow myself be | fore the | high | God ? 
Shall I come before Him | with burnt | offerings, 
With calves [ of a | year | old ? 



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Shall I give my firstborn for | my trans | gression, 
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3 He hath showed thee O man | what is | good; 
And what doth the | Lord re | quire of | thee, 
But to do justly and to | love | mercy, 

And to walk | humbly | with thy | God ? Micah 6: 6-8. 



470 CHANTS. 




The Lord teaches and leads those who are in ignorance and desire truths. 



fjg Praise the Lord | O my | soul. 

While I live | will I | praise the | Lord; 

While I | have my | being, 

I will sing | praises | unto • my | God. 

2 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob | for his | help, 
Whose hope is | in the | Lord his | God; 

Who made | heaven • and | earth, 
The sea, and | all that | is there | in. 

3 The Lord | looseth ■ the | prisoners; 

The Lord openeth the | eyes | of the | blind; 



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4 The Lord pre | serveth • the | stranger; 

He relleveth the | father • less | and the | widow. 

The Lord shall | reign for | ever; 

Even thy God O Zion | to all | gener | ations. 

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The people that | walked • in | darkness 
Have I seen a | great | light; 

They that dwell in the land of the | shadow • of | death, 
Upon I them the | light hath | shined. 



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2 For unto us a Child is born, unto us a | Son is | given; 
And the government shall | be up | on His j shoulder; 

And His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor | God and | Hero, 
Father of K | terni • ty | Prince of | Peace. 

3 Of the increase of His govern | ment and | peace 
There | shall | be no | end, 

Upon the | throne of | David, 
And up I on I His | kingdom, 

4 To order it, and to es | tablish | it 
With I judgment | and with | justice, 
Now and for | ever | more. 

The zeal of the Lord of hosts | will per | form [ this. 

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gg And in that day | thou shalt | say, 
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Behold God is | my sal | vation; 
I will trust j and not | be a | fraid. 

2 For the Lord Jehovih is my | strength and | song; 
He also is be | come | my sal | vation; 

And with joy shall ye | draw | waters 
From the | fountains | of sal | vation. 

3 And in that day | shall ye | say, 

Praise the Lord, | call up | on His | name, 
Declare His doings a | mong the | people, 
Make mention that His | name | is ex | alted. 

4 Sing unto the Lord; for He hath | done great | things; 
This is I known in | all the | earth. 

Cry out and shout, thou in | habitant • of | Zion; 

For great is the Holy One of Israel | in the | midst of | thee. 

Isaiah 12. 



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Make a joyful noise unto the | Lord, | all the | earth; 
Serve the | Lord with | gladness; 
Come be | fore His | face with | singing. 

2 Know ye that the | Lord | He is | God; 

He hath made us and not | we our | selves; 

We are His people, and the | sheep | of His | pasture. 

3 Come into His | gates | with thanks | giving, 
Into His | courts with | praise; 

Be thankful unto | Him and | bless His | name. 

4 For the | Lord | He is | good; 
His mercy is | ever | lasting; 

And His truth is from gener | ation • to | gener | ation. 

Psalm too. 

The Lord is to be worshipped. 

The Lord hath established His throne | in the | heavens, 
And His kingdom | ruleth | over | all. 
Bless the Lord ye His angels, | mighty • in | strength, 
Ye that do His commandments, hearkening to the | voice [ of His | 
Word. 

2 Bless the Lord, ali | ye His | hosts; 

Ye ministers of | His that | do His | will. 

Bless the Lord all His works, in all places of | His do | minion; 
Bless the | Lord | O my | soul. 

Psalm l oj: 19-22. 



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g J Bless the Lord | O my | soul ; 

And all that is within me | bless His | holy | name. 

Bless the Lord [ O my | soul; 

And for | get not | all His | benefits. 

2 Who forgiveth all | thine in | iquities; 
Who | healeth • all | thy dis | eases. 
Who redeemeth thy life | from the | pit; 

Who crowneth thee with loving | kindness • and | tender | mercies; 

3 Who satisfieth thy | mouth with | good; 

So that thou renewest thy | youth | like the | eagle. 
The Lord doeth justice and judgment for all that | are op | pressed; 
He made known His ways unto Moses, His deeds | unto • the | 
sons of | Israel. Psalm ioj; i-y. 




Let those who worship God look to the Lord. 



g2 Look unto Abra | ham your | father, 
And | unto | Sarah • that | bare you; 



2 For I call-ed | him a | lone, 
And blessed him | and in | creas 



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3 For the Lord shall | comfort | Zion; 

He will comfort | all her | waste | places; 

4 And He will make her | wilderness • like | Eden, 
And her desert like the | garden | of the | Lord. 

5 Joy and gladness shall be | found there | in, 
Thanksgiving | and the | voice of | melody. 



Isaiah 51: 2, j. 



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Worship of the Lord from the truths of His Word. 

g -} Praise the Lord | from the | heavens; 
Praise | Him | in the | heights. 
Praise Him all | ye His | angels; 
Praise | Him all | ye His | hosts. 

2 Praise Him | sun and | moon; 
Praise Him [ all ye | stars of | light. 
Praise Him ye | heaven • of | heavens, 

And ye waters that | are a | bove the | heavens. 

3 Let them praise the name | of the j Lord; 

For He commanded | and they | were ere | ated. 
And He established them for | ever • and | ever; 
He made a decree that | shall not | pass a | way. 

Psalm 148: 1-6. 





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g^. The Lord is | merciful • and | gracious; 
Slow to I anger, and | great in | mercy. 
He will not | always | chide; 
Neither will He | keep His | anger • for | ever. 

2 He hath not done unto us according | to our | sins; 
Nor rewarded us ac | cording • to | our in | iquities. 
For as the heavens are high a | bove the | earth, 
So great is His mercy | toward | them that | fear Him. 



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3 As far as the east is | from the | west, 

So far hath He remov-ed | our trans | gressions | from us. 

As a father | pitieth • his | children, 

So the Lord hath | mercy • on | them that | fear Him. 

4 For He knoweth | our for | mation; 

He re | membereth • that | we are | dust. 

As for man, his | days • are as | grass; 

As a | flower • of the | field • so he | flourisheth. 

5 For the wind passeth over it, and | it is | gone; 
And the place there | of shall | know it • no | more. 

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to | ever | lasting 
Upon | them that | fear j Him. 

Psalm ioj: 8-iy. 




The Lord fulfilled all things of the law. 

My soul cleaveth | unto • the | dust; 

Quicken Thou me ac | cording | to Thy | Word. 

I have declared my ways, and Thou hast | answer • ed | me; 

6 | teach | me Thy | statutes. 

2 Make me to understand the way of | Thy com | mandments, 
And I will | talk of • Thy | wondrous | works. 

My soul | melteth • for | heaviness; 

Ivift Thou me up ac | cording | to Thy | Word. 

3 Remove from me the | way of | lying, 
And graciously | grant | me Thy | law. 
I have chosen the | way of | truth; 

Thy judgments | have I | laid be | fore me. 

4 I cleave | unto • Thy | testimonies; 

Lord, | put me | not to | shame. 

1 will run the way of | Thy com | mandments, 

For Thou | shalt en | large my | heart. Psalm Tig: 25-32. 



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QQ Let the saints re | joice in | glory; 

Let them sing a | loud up | on their | beds. 

2 Let the high praises of God be | in their | mouth, 
And a twoedged | sword | in their | hand; 

3 To execute vengeance up | on the | nations, 
And punish | ments up | on the | people; 

4 To bind their | kings with | chains, 

And their | nobles • with | fetters • of | iron; 

5 To execute upon them the | judgment | written; 
He is the | honor • to | all His | saints. 

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Sing unto the Lord a [ new | song, 

His praise | from the ] end • of the | earth, 

Ye that go down to the sea, and all that | is there | in; 

The isles | and • the in | habitants • there | of. 

2 Let the wilderness and the | cities • there | of, 
Let I them lift ] up their | voice, 

The villages that Kedar | doth in | habit; 
Let them [ sing • that in | habit • the | rock. 

3 Let them shout from the top | of the | mountains. 
Let them give | glory | unto ■ the | Lord, 

And declare His praise | in the | islands, 

Praise the | Lord. Praise | ye the | Lord. Isaiah 42: 10-12. 



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The Lord will be present and protect 

gg I lift up mine eyes | unto • the | mountains, 
From | whence | cometh • my | help. 
My help is | from the | Lord, 
Who made the I heavens ! and the I earth. 



2 He will not suffer thy foot j to be | moved; 
He that j keepeth • thee j will not [ slumber. 
Behold He that | keepeth | Israel 

Shall neither j slumber j nor ] sleep. 

3 The Lord j is thy j keeper; 

The Lord is thy shade on j thy right | hand. 
The sun shall not j smite thee • by | day, 
Nor the j moon | by | night. 

4 The Lord shall keep thee from [ all j evil; 
He | shall keep thy | soul. 

The Lord shall keep thy going out and thy | coming | in, 
From this time forth and | even • for | ever | more. 

Psalm I2i. 




Thanksgiving because of the Advent of the Lord. 

Now let Thy servant O Lord, de | part in | peace, 
Ac | cording [ to Thy | Word; 



2 For mine eyes have seen | Thy sal | vation, 

Which Thou hast prepared before the | face of | all j people; 

3 A light to | lighten • the \ Gentiles, 

And the glory [ of Thy | people j Israel. Luke 2: 29 -j 2. 



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7Q Look | unto | Zion, 

The city | of our | stated | festivals. 

2 Thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet | habi | tation, 
A tent that | shall not | be re | moved. 

3 Not a stake thereof shall be torn | out for | ever; 

And none of the cords there | of shall | ever • be | broken. 

4 For there the glorious Lord | is to | us 

A place of rivers, of | streams • and of | broad | spaces; 

5 Wherein shall go no | galley • with | oars, 
Nor shall a glorious | ship pass | over | it. 

6 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our | law | giver, 
The Lord is our king, He it | is that | saveth | us. 

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y J The Spirit of the Lord Je | hovih • is up | on me, 
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To preach good | tidings | to the | meek. 

2 He hath sent me to bind up the | broken ] hearted, 
To proclaim liberty | to the | captives, 

And the opening of the prison to | them | that are | bound. 

3 To proclaim the year of the good pleasure | of the | Lord, 
And the day of vengeance | of our | God; 

And to I comfort | all that | mourn; 



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4 To appoint unto them that | mourn in | Zion, 
To give them a | mitre • for | ashes, 

And the j oil of | joy for | mourning, 

5 The garment of praise for the | spirit • of | heaviness; 
That they might be call-ed | trees of | justice, 

The planting of the Lord | that He | might be | glorified. 

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72 O gi ye thanks unto the Lord; for | He is | good; 
For His | mercy | is for | ever. 
O give thanks unto the | God of | gods; 
For His | mercy | is for | ever. 

2 O give thanks to the | Lord of | lords; 
For His | mercy | is for | ever. 

To Him who alone | doeth ■ great [ wonders; 
For His | mercy | is for | ever. 

3 To Him that by wisdom | made the | heavens; 
For His | mercy | is for | ever. 

To Him that spread out the earth a | bove the | waters; 
For His | mercy | is for | ever. 

4 To Him that | made great | lights; 
For His | mercy | is for | ever. 
The sun to | rule by | day; 

For His | mercy | is for | ever. 

5 The moon and stars to | rule by \ night; 
For His | mercy | is for | ever. 

O give thanks to the | God of | heaven ; 

For His | mercy | is for | ever. Psalm ij6: r-g, 26. 



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73 6 how I | love Thy | law ! 

It is my medi | tation | all the | day. 

Thy commandments make me wiser | than mine | enemies; 
For | they are | ever | with me. 

2 I have more understanding than | all my | teachers; 
For Thy testimonies | are my | medi | tation. 

I understand more | than the | ancients, 
Because I | keep | Thy | precepts 

3 I have refrained my feet from every | evil | way, 
That | I might | keep Thy | Word. 

I have not departed | from Thy | judgments; 
For | Thou hast | taught | me 

4 How sweet are Thy words | to my | taste ! 
More than | honey | to my | mouth. 
Through Thy precepts I get | under J standing; 
Therefore I hate | every | false | way. 

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Worship the Lord, for He is God of the Church. 

'J^ Bless the Lord, O | house of | Israel; 
Bless the | Lord, O | house of | Aaron; 

2 Bless the Lord, O | house of | Levi; 

Ye that fear the | Lord | bless the | Lord. 

3 Blessed be the Lord | out of | Zion, 

Who I dwelleth | at Je [ rusalem. Psalm ijj: 19-2 t. 



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Get thee up into the | high | mountains, 
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2 Lift up thy I voice with | strength, 

O Jerusa | lem that | bringest • good | tidings. 

3 Lift it up, be I not a | fraid; 

Say unto the cities of | Judah, Be | hold your | God ! 

4 Behold the Lord Jehovih will | come in | strength; 
And His | arm shall | rule for | Him; 

5 Behold, His re | ward is | with Him, 
And I His | work be | fore Him. 

6 He shall feed His flock | like a | shepherd; 
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70 The Lord our | God be | with us, 
As I He was | with our | fathers. 



2 Let Him not leave us | nor for | sake us; 
That we may incline our | hearts | unto | Him, 

3 To walk in | all His | ways, 

And to I keep . I His com | mandments, 

4 And His statutes | and His | judgments, 

Which I He com | manded • our | fathers. 1 Kings 8: 57, 58. 



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'J 'J Come and let us return | unto • the [ I,ord; 
For He hath | torn and | He will | heal us; 
He hath smitten, and | He will | bind us | up. 

2 After two days will | He re | vive us; 

In the third day | He will | raise us | up, 
And | we shall | live be • fore | Him. 

3 Then shall we know and shall follow on to | know the | L,ord; 
His going forth is pre | par • ed | as the | morning; 

And He shall come to us as the rain; as the latter rain | water | 
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yg Now is come sal [ vation • and | strength, 
And the kingdom | of our | God, 
And the | power | of His | Christ. 

2 For the accuser of our brethren | is cast ] down, 
Who did ac | cuse | them 

Before our | God | day and | night. 

3 And they overcame him by the blood | of the | Lamb, 
And by the word | of their | testimony; 

And they lov-ed not their | lives | unto j death. 

4 Salvation | to our | God 

Who sitteth up | on the | throne, 

And to the L,amb, for | ever • and | ever. A | men. 

Revelation 12; 10. 7: 10. 



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Redemption by the Lord when He reveals Himself in His Word. 
79 Unto I Him that | lov ■ ed | us, 

And washed us from our | sins in | His own | blood, 

And hath made us kings and priests unto | God | and His | Father, 

To Him be glory and dominion for | ever • and | ever. A | men. 

2 Behold He | cometh | with | clouds; 

And every eye shall see Him, and | they who | pierc • ed | Him; 
And all the tribes | of the | earth shall J wail 
Because of Him; | even | so, A | men. 

3 I am I Alpha | and O | mega, 

The Beginning and the | End | saith the | Lord, 

Who is and who was | and who | is to | come, 

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Behold the tabernacle of God | is with | men, 
And He will | dwell with | them, 
And they shall | be His | people, 
And God Himself shall be with | them, their | God. 

And God shall wipe away all | tears • from their | eyes; 
And death shall | be no | more; 

Neither shall there be sorrow nor crying, nor [ pain • any | more; 
For the former things are | passed • a | way. 

And the Spirit and the | Bride say, | Come. 
And let him that | heareth • say, | Come. 
And let him that | thirsteth | come. 

And whosoever will let him take the | water of • life | freely. 

Revelation 21:3, 4. 22: 17. 



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g J Oh that Thou wouldest | rend the | heavens, 
That I Thou | wouldest • come | down, 
That the mountains might flow down | at Thy | presence. 
As the fire kindleth the stubble, the fire | maketh • the j waters • to | 
boil. 

2 To make Thy name known | to Thine | enemies; 
The I nations | tremble • be | fore Thee. 

When Thou didst terrible things we looked not for, | Thou • earnest | 
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The mountains flow-ed | down | at Thy ] presence. 

3 For since the beginning men | have not | heard, 
Nor per | ceived | by the | ear, 

Neither hath the eye seen O God be | side [ Thee, 

What He hath prepar-ed for | him that | waiteth • for | Him. 

4 Thoumeetest him that rejoiceth and | doeth | justice, 
Those that re | member • Thee | in Thy | ways, T 
Behold I Thou art | wroth, 

And we have sinned continually | and we | have trans | gressed. 

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g2 Blessed be the Lord | God of | Israel; 

For He hath visited and re | deem • ed | His | people, 
And hath raised up an horn of sal | vation • for | us 
In the I house • of His | servant | David. 



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2 As He spake by the mouth of His | holy | ones, 
His I prophets | from the • be | ginning, 
That we should be sav-ed | from our | enemies, 
And from the | hand of | all that | hate us. 

3 To be merciful | to our | fathers, 

And to re | member • His | holy | covenant; 

The oath which He sware to our father | Abra | ham, 

That I He would | grant • unto | us, 

4 That we being delivered from the hand | of our | enemies, 
Might I serve Him | without | fear, 

In holiness | and in | justice, 

Before | Him through | all our | days. 

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g3 Alle I lu I ia. 

Praise our | God all | ye His | servants, 

And ye that fear Him, both | small and | great. 

Al I le I lu I ia. 

2 Alle I lu I ia. 

For the Lord | God Om | nipo • tent | reigneth. 
Let us be glad | and re | joice, 
And give | glory | unto | Him; 

3 For the marriage of the | Lamb is | come, 
And His | wife hath | made her • self | ready; 

And to her was granted that she should | be ar | rayed 
In fine | linen | white and | clean; 

4 For the | fine | linen 

Is the I justice [ of the | saints. 

Blessed are they | which are | called 

To the marriage | supper | of the | Lamb. 

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g^. O give thanks unto the Lord, for | He is | good; 
For His | mercy | is for | ever. 
Let | Israel • now | say, 
That His | mercy | is for | ever. 

2 Let the house of | Aaron • now | say, 
That His | mercy | is for | ever. 

Let them that fear the | Lord now | say, 
That His | mercy | is for | ever. 

3 It is better to trust | in the | Lord 
Than to put | confi | dence in | man. 
It is better to trust | in the | Lord 
Than to put j confi | dence in | princes. 

4 Thou art my God and | I will | praise Thee; 
Thou art my God | and I | will ex | alt Thee. 

O give thanks unto the Lord, for | He is | good; 
For His | mercy | is for | ever. 

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gg Arise, shine, for thy | light is | come, 

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For behold, darkness shall | cover • the | earth, 
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2 But the Lord shall a | rise up | on thee, 
And His glory | shall be | seen up | on thee. 
And the nations shall | come to • thy | light, 
And kings to the | brightness | of thy | rising. 

3 Lift up thine eyes round a | bout and | see; 

All they gather themselves to | gether, they | come to | thee: 
Thy sons shall | come from | far, 

And thy daughters shall be | nurs • ed | at thy | side. 

4 Then thou shalt see and | flow to | gether, 
And thine heart shall | fear and | be en | larged; 

Because the multitude of the sea shall be con | verted • unto | thee, 
The wealth of the | nations • shall | come • unto | thee. 

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The Advent of the Lord, and illumination by His Word. 

gg O Lord I have heard Thy speech and | was a | fraid; 

O Lord revive Thy J work • in the | midst • of the | years, 
In the midst of the | years make | known; 
In I wrath re | member | mercy. 

2 God I came from [ Teman, 

And the | Holy • One | from Mount | Paran. 
His glory | covered • the | heavens, 
And the earth was | full | of His ] praise. 

3 And His brightness J was • as the | light; 

He had horns out of His hand, and there was the | hiding | of His | 
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Before Him | went the | pestilence, 

And burning coals went | forth | at His f feet. 

4 He stood and | measured • the | earth; 

He beheld j and dis | persed • the | nations; 

And the everlasting | mountains • were | scattered, 

The eternal hills did bow; His | ways are | ever | lasting. 

Habakkuk j: 2-6. 



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O Lord | teach me • Thy | way, 
That I may walk | in Thy | truth; 
Unite my | heart to | fear Thy | name. 

2 O God the proud are | risen • a | gainst me, 

And the assemblies of violent men have sought | after • my ] soul, 
And have | not set | Thee be | fore them. 

3 But | Thou O | Lord, 

Art a God full of com | passion • and | gracious, 
Longsuffering and | plenteous • in | mercy • and | truth. 

4 O turn unto me and have | mercy • up | on me; 
Give Thy strength | unto ■ Thy | servant, 
And save the ] son of | Thine | handmaid. 

5 Shew me a | token • for | good; 
That they which hate me may see and | be a | shamed; 
Because Thou O Lord hast help-ed | me and | comfort • ed [ me. 

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gg Wherewith shall a young man | cleanse his | way ? 
By taking heed ac | cording | to Thy | Word. 
W T ith my whole heart have I | sought | Thee; 
O let me not | wander • from | Thy com | mandments. 



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2 Thy Word have I hid | in my | heart, 
That I J might not | sin a | gainst Thee. 
Blessed art | Thou O | Lord; 

(3 I teach I me Thy | statutes. 

3 With my Hps have | I de | clared 

All the I judgments | of Thy j mouth. 
In the way | of Thy | testimonies 
I rejoice | as in | all [ riches. 

4 I will meditate | on Thy | precepts, 
And have re | spect | unto • Thy | ways. 
I will delight myself | in Thy | statutes; 
I will I not for | get Thy | Word. 

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gQ Thy Word is a lamp | unto • my | feet, 
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I have sworn and I | will per | form it, 
That I will keep the | judgments | of Thy | justice. 

2 I am afflicted | very | much; 

Quicken me O Lord ac | cording | to Thy | Word. 

Accept I beseech Thee O Lord, the freewill offerings | of my | mouth, 

And I teach | me Thy | judgments. 

3 My soul is continually | in my | hand; 
Yet do I I not for | get Thy | law. 

The wicked have laid a | snare for | me; 

Yet have I not | wander • ed | from Thy | precepts. 

4 I have inherited Thy testi | monies • for | ever; 
For they are the re | joicing | of my | heart. 

I have in | clined • my | heart, 

To perform Thy statutes always, | even | unto • the j end. 

Psalm zip: 105-112. 



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Instruction of those who are infested by falsities. 

QQ O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest j and not ] comforted, 
Behold I will lay thy | stones with | fair | colors, 
And lay thy foun | dations • with j sapphires; 
And I will | make thy | windows • of | rubies, 

2 And thy | gates of | carbuncles, 

And all thy | borders • of | pleasant | stones; 
And all thy sons shall be | taught • of the | Lord; 
And | great shall • be the | peace • of thy | sons. 



thou • be es j tablished; 
far | from op | pression; 
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3 In justice shalt ] 
Thou | shalt be 
For | thou shalt 
And from terror, for | it shall • not come | nigh to | thee. 

4 No weapon that is formed against | thee shall | prosper; 

And every tongue that shall rise against thee in ] judgment • shalt | 

thou con | demn. 
This is the heritage of the servants | of the j Lord, 
And their | justice • is of J me, saith the | Lord. 

Isaiah 54: 11-14, 17. 




The opening of the Word by the Lord when He comes. 

J And in this mountain shall the | Lord of | hosts 
Make unto all | people • a | feast of | fat things, 
A feast of wines on the lees, of fat things | full of | marrow, 
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2 And He shall destroy | in this | mountain 

The face of the | covering • cast [ over • all | people, 
And the vail that is spread | over • all | nations. 
He will I swallow • up | death in | victory. 

3 And the | Lord Je | hovih 

Will wipe away | tears from | off all | faces; 

And the rebuke of His people shall He | take a | way 

From off all the earth; | for the | Lord hath | spoken. 

4 And it shall be said in that day, L6, | this is > our | God; 
We have waited for | Him and | He will | save us; 

This is the Lord; we have | waited • for | Him; 
We will be glad and re | joice in | His sal | vation. 

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Q2 When the poor and needy seek water and | there is | none, 
And their | tongue [ faileth • for | thirst, 
I the | Lord will | hear them, 
The God of Isra | el will | not for | sake them. 

2 I will open rivers | in high | places, 

And fountains in the | midst | of the | valleys; 
I will make the wilderness a | pool of | water, 
And the dry [ land | springs of | water. 

3 I will plant in the wilderness the | cedar • of | Shittah, 
And the | myrtle | and the | oil tree; 

I will set in the | desert • the | fir tree, 
The pine tree | and the | box to | gether; 

4 That they may see and know | and con | sider, 
And | under | stand to | gether, 

That the hand of the | Lord hath | done this, 
And the Holy One of Israel | hath ere | ated | it. 

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02 ^ was E$*4 when they | said • unto | me, 
Let us go into the | house | of the | Lord. 
Our feet shall stand within thy gates | O Je | rusalem. 
Jerusalem is builded as a city | that is | joined • to | gether; 



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Tranquilli | ty with | in thy | palaces. 

4 For the sake of my brethren | and com | panions, 
I now will say, | Peace | be with | in thee. 
Because of the house of the | Lord our | God, 
I will I seek | thy [ good. 

Psalm 122. 

The salvation of those who repent and believe in the Lord. 

94. The Lord upholdeth | all that | fall, 

And raiseth up | all • that are | bow • ed | down. 

The eyes of all | wait up • on | Thee, 

And Thou givest them their | meat | in its | season. 



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2 Thou openest | Thine | hand, 

And satisfiest the desire of j every | living | thing. 
The Lord is just in | all His | ways, 
And | holy • in j all His | works. 

3 The Lord is nigh unto all them that | call up • on [ Him, 
To all that | -call up • on | Him in | truth. 

He will fulfill the desire of | them that | fear Him; 
He also will | hear their | cry and ] save them. 

4 The Lord preserveth all | them that [ love Him; 
But all the | wicked • will | He de | stroj 7 . 

My mouth shall speak the praise | of the | Lord; 

And let all flesh bless His holy | name for | ever • and | ever. 

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Who hath believ-ed [ our re | port ? 
And to whom is the arm | of the | Lord re | vealed ? 
For He shall grow up before Him as a | tender [ plant, 
And as a root j out • of a | dry | ground. 

2 He hath no j form nor | comeliness; 

And when we shall see Him there is no beauty | that we | should 

de I sire Him. 
He is despis-ed and re | jected • of | men; 
A man of sorrows | and ac | quainted • with | grief. 

3 But He was wounded for [ our trans | gressions, 
He was [ bruised • for | our in | iquities; 

The chastisement of our peace | was up | on Him; 
And with | His stripes | we are | healed. 

4 All we like sheep have | gone a ! stray; 

We have turned every | one to | his own [ way; 
And the Lord hath [ laid on J Him 

The in | iqui • ty | of us | all. Isaiah S3: 1-6. 



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Qg When the Lord brought back the cap | tivity • of | Zion, 
We | were like | them that | dream. 
Then was our mouth | filled • with | laughter, 
And | our | tongue with | singing. 

2 Then said they a | mong the | nations, 

The Lord hath | done great | things for | them. 
The Lord hath done great | things for | us; 
Where | of we | are | glad. 

3 Turn back our captivity O Lord like the | streams • in the | south. 
They that sow in | tears shall | reap in | joy. 

He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing | precious | seed, 
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And now thus saith the Lord, thy Cre | ator, O | Jacob, 

And He that | formed | thee O | Israel; 

Fear not, for I have re | deemed | thee, 

I have called thee by thy | name; | thou art | mine. 

2 When thou passest through the waters I | will be | with thee; 
And through the rivers they | shall not | over | flow thee; 
When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt | not be | burned; 
Neither shall the | flame | kindle • up | on thee. 



3 For I am the | Lord thy | God, 
The Holy | One of | Israel, thy | Savior. 
I, even | I • am the | Lord; 
And beside I me there I is no I Savior. 



Isaiah 43: 1-3, 11. 



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And none shall | make | them a | fraid. 
Sing O daughter of Zion; | shout O | Israel; 

Be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O | daughter | of Je | rusalem. 

2 The Lord hath taken a | way thy | judgments, 
He | hath cast | out thine | enemy; 

The King of Israel even the Lord is in the | midst of | thee; 
Thou shalt not see | evil | any | more. 

3 The Lord thy God in the midst of | thee is | mighty; 
He will save and He will rejoice | over | thee with | joy; 
He will rest | in His | love, 

He will rejoice | over | thee with | singing. 

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Although the fig tree | shall not | blossom, 
Neither shall | fruit be | in the | vines; 
The labor of the | olive • shall | fail, 
And the | fields shall | yield no | food; 

2 The flock shall be cut off | from the | fold, 
And there shall | be no | herd • in the | stalls; 
Yet I will rejoice | in the | Lord, 

I will joy in the | God of | my sal | vation. 

3 The Lord Jehovih | is my | strength, 

And He will make my | feet like | hinds' | feet, 
And He will | make • me to | walk 

Upon I my | high | places. Habakkuk 3: 17-19. 



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JQQ The earth is the Lord's, and the | fulness • there | of; 
The world and | they that | dwell there | in. 

2 For He hath founded it up | on the | seas, 
And establish-ed | it up | on the | rivers. 

3 Who shall ascend into the mountain | of the | Lord ? 
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8 Who is this | King of | glory ? 
The Lord | strong and | mighty, 
The | Lord | mighty • in | battle. 



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9 Lift up your heads | O ye | gates; 

Yea lift them up ye ever | lasting | doors; 
And the King of | glory | shall come | in. 

10 Who is this | King of j glory ? 
The | Lord of | Hosts; 
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JQ J My soul doth | magni • fy the | Lord, 

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For He | hath re | garded 

The low es | tate of | His hand | maiden. 

2 For behold | from hence | forth 

All gener | ations • shall | call me | blessed; 

For He that is mighty hath done to | me great [ things, 

And I holy | is His | name. 

3 And His mercy is on | them that | fear Him 
From gener | ation • to | gener | ation. 

He hath show-ed strength | with His | arm, 

He hath scattered the proud in the imagin | ation | of their | heart. 

4 He hath put down the mighty | from their | seats, 
And exalted | them of | low de | gree; 

He hath fill-ed the | hungry • with | good things, 
And the rich He hath | sent a | way [ empty. 

5 He hath help-ed His | servant | Israel, 
In re | membrance | of His | mercy. 
As He spake | to our | fathers, 

To Abraham and | to his | seed for | ever. 

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Are the feet of | him that | bringeth • good | tidings, 

That | publish • eth | peace; 

That | bringeth • good | tidings • of | good, 

That publisheth | sal | vation; 

That saith unto | Zion, Thy | God | reigneth. 

2 Thy watchmen shall lift | up their | voice; 
And to | gether | shall they | sing; 

For they shall see | eye to | eye, 
When the Lord shall re | turn | unto | Zion. 
Break forth into joy, | sing to | gether, 
Ye waste | places | of Je | rusalem; 

3 For the Lord hath j comforted • His | people, 
He | hath re | deemed • Je | rusalem. 

The Lord hath made bare His | holy | arm 

In the | eyes of | all the | nations; 

And all the ends | of the | earth 

Shall see the sal | vation | of our | God. 

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We magnify Thy holy name, and | worship | at Thy | footstool. 

The heavens declare Thy glory; the | earth is | fnll of • Thy | 
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The Church doth worship and ac | knowledge | Thee a | lone. 

The Father eternal, the Word incarnate, the | Holy | Spirit, the | 
Comforter; 

In essence and person one, Je | hovah | Jesus | L,ord. 

To Thee the angels cry aloud, the heavens and | all the | powers • 
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To Thee cherubim and seraphim lift | up the | voice and | sing, 



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Thou didst bow the | heavens • and come | down; 
Thou didst clothe Thy | self with | our | nature. 



In Thy love and in Thy pity Thou hast re | deemed | us; 
And for our salvation | Thou art | God with | us. 

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Thou didst burst asunder all the | bonds of | death, 
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Thou didst ascend on high, leading cap ] tivi • ty | captive; 
The everlasting doors were | open | to re | ceive Thee. 

High above all the heavens Thou | hast as [ cended, 
C16th-ed with | light and | girded • with | love. 

Thou art the | King of | glory; 
Thou | art Je | hovah • of | Hosts. 

Day by day will we exalt Thee O ] Lord our | God, 

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Turn Thou our darkness into day, 
And raise our hearts to things above. 

2 Here may our praise to Thee ascend, 

As incense from a thankful mind; 
And may each hallowed feeling blend, 
And truth with love in union bind. 



3 Here may our selfish thoughts and cares, 

Our worldly loves and anxious fears, 
Give place to heavenly songs and prayers, 
And gladness take the place of tears. 

4 So may our hearts and minds be one, 

Conjoined with Thee in love Divine; 
So may Thy will on earth be done, 
And all our life be ruled by Thine. 

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2 1 O Savior, stretch Thy mighty arm 

Above the stormy sea, 
Where tossed 'mid dark and angry waves, 

The mariner calls to Thee. 
Upon that fierce and angry main 

My poor weak bark doth ride; 
O what am I 'mid such strong foes, — 

O Lord, be Thou my Guide. 

2 Oh, as Thou didst on Galilee 

The waters calm at will, 
When billows raised by hostile breath 

The sinking ship did fill; 
So now in my storm-shaken soul 

Awake with strength Divine, 
And whisper, "Peace, " to warring winds, 

And let Thy glory shine. 

3 Be Thou my pilot through the mists 

And storms that darkly rise, 
As o'er life's vast and dangerous sea 

My frail bark lightly flies. 
With Thee my soul securely rests, 

From evil's blight restored; 
And isles of green, and fragrant seas 

Bring peace and sweet reward. 

4 No hand but Thine can safely guide 

The wearied mariner; 
No love but Thine can solace bring, — 

O Thou blest Comforter! 
Now trusting in Thy tender care 

No dark unrest we fear; 
The storm is past, and seas are calm; 

All hail the harbor near! 



504 HYMNS. 

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2 Open, Lord, the crystal fountain, 

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Let the fiery, cloudy pillar 

Guide me all my journey through: 
Strong Deliverer, Strong Deliverer, 

Be Thou still my Strength and Shield. 

3 When I tread the verge of Jordan, 

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Bear me through the swelling current, 

Land me safe on Canaan's side: 
Songs of praises, Songs of praises, 

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Echo round the earth and main. 

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3 Alleluia! angels cry; 

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Raise the song of glory high, 
To the Lord, the Mighty One. 



Alleluia! for the Lord, etc. 



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Peril was nigh, 
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2 Ridge of the mountain-wave, 

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Wail of the tempest-wind, 

Be thou at rest. 
Sorrow can never be, 

Darkness must fly, 
Where saith the Light of light, 

Peace! it is I. 

3 Jesus, Deliverer, 

Near to us be; 
Soothe Thou our voyaging 

Over life's sea. 
Thou, when the storm of death 

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Whisper, Thou Truth of truth, 

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- Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty; 
Father and Saviour, glory be to Thee. 

2 Holy, holy, holy, all the saints adore Thee, 

Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea; 
Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee, 
Thou wast, and art, and evermore shalt be. 

3 Holy, holy, holy, though the darkness hide Thee, 

Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see, 
Thou alone art holy; there is none beside Thee, 
Perfect in power, in love and purity. 

4 Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty! 

All Thy works shall praise Thy Name, in earth, and sky, and sea: 
Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty; 
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His craft and power are great, 
And, armed with cruel hate, 
On earth is not his equal. 

2 Did we in our own strength confide, 
Our striving would be losing; 

But lo, a Man is on our side; 
He came of His own choosing. 

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Christ Jesus, it is He; 

The Lord of Hosts His Name, 

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And He must win the battle. 



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To Jesus Christ, our only I^ord, 

The God of our salvation, 
Who is and was and is to come, 

Be endless adoration ! 
Aloud His praise proclaim, 
And bless His holy name; 

Honor and majesty, 

And glory ever be 
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() i Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, 

Lead Thou me on; 
The night is dark, and I am far from home, 

Lead Thou me on: 
Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see 
The distant scene; one step enough for me.. 

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3 So long Thy power hath blessed me, sure it still 

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Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile. 



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Peace on the earth, good-will to men, 

From heaven's all-gracious King; 
The earth in solemn stillness lay 

To hear the angels sing. 

2 Still through the cloven skies they come, 

With peaceful wings unfurled; 
And still celestial music floats 

O'er all the weary world: 
Above its sad and lowly plains 

They bend on hovering wing; 
And ever o'er its Babel sounds, 

The blessed angels sing. 

3 O ye, beneath life's crushing load, 

Whose forms are bending low, 
Who toil along the climbing way, 

With painful steps and slow! 
Look up, for glad and golden hours 

Come swiftly on the wing; 
O rest beside the weary road, 

And hear the angels sing! 

4 For lo, the days are hastening on, 

By prophets seen of old, 
When with the ever-circling years 

Comes round the age of gold! 
When peace shall over all the earth 

Its ancient splendors fling, 
And back the whole world sends the song 

Which now the angels sing. 



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His presence shall my wants supply, 
And guard me with a watchful eye; 
My noon-day walks He shall attend, 
And all m} 7 midnight hours defend. 

2 When in the sultry glebe I faint, 
Or on the thirsty mountain pant, 
To fertile vales and dew} 7 meads 

My w r eary, w r andering steps He leads, 
Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow, 
Amid the verdant landscape flow. 

3 Though in a bare and rugged w 7 ay, 
Through devious lonely wdlds I stray, 
Thy bounty shall my wants beguile; 
The barren vdlderness shall smile, 
With sudden green and herbage crow r ned, 
And streams shall murmur all around. 



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4 Though in the paths of death I tread, 
With gathering shadows overspread, 
My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, 
For Thou, O Lord, art with me still; 
Thy friendly rod shall give me aid, 
And guide me through the dreadful shade. 



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Thy servant, Lord, to be; 
I own Thy sway and heed Thy call 
To rise and follow Thee. 

2 By ways unknown Thou leadest me, 

The gift of life to gain; 
I ask for strength to follow Thee 
Through bitter grief and pain. 

3 When clouds and darkness hide the way, 

Which Thou dost bid me tread, 
May light from Thee, O Lord, I pray, 
On every step be shed. 

4 And when the heavenly goal appears 

In glory to my sight; 
The rugged way, the grief, the fears, 
Shall vanish in its light. 



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l^. 1 Jesus, I my cross have taken, 

All to leave and follow Thee; 
Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, 

Thou from hence my all shalt be; 
Perish every fond ambition, 

All I've sought, or hoped, or known; 
Yet how rich is my condition, 

God and heaven are still my own! 



2 I have called Thee Abba, Father, 

I have stayed my heart on Thee: 
Storms may howl, and clouds may gather, 

All must work for good to me. 
Man may trouble and distress me, 

'Twill but drive me to Thy breast; 
Life with trials hard may press me, 

Heaven will bring me sweeter rest. 

3 Give me, L,ord, Thy full salvation, 

Free my soul from fear and care; 
Show to me in every station, 

Something still to do or bear. 
Lead me on to endless glory, 

Help my faith and hear my prayer; 
Heaven's eternal day before me, — 

Thine own hand shall guide me there. 



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2 Praise ye our Father; great is His compassion, 
Graciously He cares for His chosen people; 
Young men and maidens, ye old men and children, 
Praise ye our only Lord ! 



3 Praise ye our Father, Comforter of Israel, 
To this world of sin came He down to bless us; 
Praise ye the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, 
Praise ye our only Lord ! 



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Come, at the mercy-seat fervently kneel; 
Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; 
Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal. 

2 Joy of the desolate, Light of the straying, 

Hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure; 
Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly saying, 
Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot cure. 

3 Here see the Bread of Life; see waters flowing 

Forth from the throne of God, pure from above; 
Come to the feast of love; come ever knowing, 
Earth has no sorrow but heaven can remove. 



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1 Abide with me: fast falls the eventide; 

The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide; 
When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, 
Help of the helpless, O abide with me. 

2 Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day; 
Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away; 
Change and decay in all around I see; 

O Thou who changest not, abide with me. 

3 I need Thy presence every passing hour; 

What but Thy grace can foil the tempter's power? 
Who like Thyself my guide and stay can be ? 
Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me. 

4 Hold Thou Thy Word before my closing eyes; 
Dispel the gloom, and show the opening skies; 
Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee; 
In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me. 



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Watch did His anxious servants keep; 
But He was wrapped the while in sleep, 
Calm and still. 

2 Save, Lord, we perish, was their cry, 
O save us in our agony! 

His word above the storm rose high, 
Peace, be still! 

3 The wild winds hushed; the angry deep 
Sank like a little child to sleep; 

The sullen billows ceased to leap, 
At His will. 

4 Lord, when our life is clouded o'er, 
And storm-winds drift us from the shore, 
Say, lest we sink to rise no more, 

Peace, be still! Amen. 



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Strength in the hour of need, 
Stay of the broken reed, 

Help of each helpless one; 
Thou who redemption wrought, 
Father, O leave them not 

Alone. 



3 Come Thou, O come! 
Glorious and shadow free, 
Star of the stormy sea, 

Light of the tempest tossed! 
Harbor our souls to save, 
When hope upon the wave 

Is lost. 

4 Come Thou, O come! 
Joy in life's narrow path, 
Hope in the hour of death; 

Come, heavenly Shepherd, 
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Lead Thou us tenderly, 
Till we shall find with Thee 
Our home. 



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Unworthy I have been; 
O make me pure within, 

Lead me above. 



2 Trusting Thy power to win 
My life from every sin, 

Father, I come; 
Save me from every ill, 
Help me to do Thy will 

So lead me home. 



3 Father, I rest in Thee, 
Thine may I ever be, 

In age or youth; 
Through all the weary day, 
Mine be the upward way, 

Led by Thy Truth. 



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To Thee they went, the blind, the dumb, 

The palsied and the lame, 
The leper with his tainted life, 

The sick with fevered frame. 

2 And lo, Thy touch brought life and health, 

Gave speech, and strength, and sight; 
And youth renewed, and frenzy calmed, 

Owned Thee, the Lord of Light. 
And now, O Lord, be near to bless, 

Almighty as of yore, 
In crowded street, by restless couch, 

As by Gennesareth 's shore. 



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3 Be Thou our great Deliverer still, 
Thou Lord of Iyife and Death; 
Restore and quicken, soothe and bless, 

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To hands that work and eyes that see, 
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And in Thy ceaseless care, 
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In pastures green and fair. 

2 When storms awake, and wintry blasts 

Sweep o'er us, cold and drear, 
We look to Thee in hope and trust, 
We know Thy fold is near. 

3 And when in darksome downward ways, 

Afar from Thee we roam, 
Thou comest through the deepest gloom, 
To bring the wanderer home. 

4 Then guided by Thy rod and staff, 

Our path shall upward tend, 
To reach at last Thy heavenly fold, 
When life on earth shall end. 



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Hope, and be undismayed; 
God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears; 
He shall lift up thy head. 

2 Through waves, and clouds, and storms, 

He gently clears thy way; 
Wait thou His time; so shall this night 
Soon end in joyous day. 

3 What though thou rulest not! 

Yet heaven, and earth, and hell 
Proclaim, God sitteth on the throne, 
And ruleth all things well. 

4 Far, far above thy thought 

His counsel shall appear, 
When fully He the work hath wrought 
That caused thy needless fear. 



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2 Though dark my path and sad my lot, 
L,et me be still and murmur not, 

But breathe the prayer, Divinely taught, 
Thy will be done. 

3 Renew my will from day to day; 
Blend it with Thine, and take away 
Whate'er doth make it hard to say, 

Thy will be done. 

4 And when on earth I breathe no more 
The prayer oft mixed with tears before, 

1 '11 sing upon a happier shore, 

Thy will be done. 



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Reign, O Rock of Ages. 



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Heaven and earth adore. 



2 Hosts infernal flee away, 

Death and hell release their prey; 
Morning dawns, eternal day, 
Nations weep no more. 



3 Tidings glad the heralds bear, 
Lands afar their voices hear; 
Heavenly echoes ringing clear, 
World resounding o'er. 



4 Men and angels praises sing, 
Tribute all the ages bring; 
Triumph Thou, O Lord, our King; 
Reign for evermore! 



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O heavenly land of promise ! the weary pilgrim's rest; 

Safe through the thorny journey; freed from the strife of sin; 

Within the walls of jasper; the pearly gates within. 

2 What peace beyond all telling; what joy, for them whose feet 
Stand by the crystal river, and walk the golden street ! 
With boughs of palm, like victors, arrayed in robes of white; 
With hymns of glad thanksgiving, they throng the halls of light. 



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3 They thirst not, neither hunger, who gain that bright abode, 
With oil of love anointed, as king and priests to God. 

O dear and blessed vision, the Seer of Patmos tells ! 

What glad and hopeful tidings, the prophet's voice reveals ! 

4 Behold, the Tabernacle of God is now with men; 

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The blessings of Thy love impart, 
That I may live in Thee. 



3 O let the hope that Thou art mine, 
My path of life attend; 
Thy presence through my journey shine, 
And crown my journey's end. 



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Praise Him, angels, in the height; 
Sun and moon, rejoice before Him; 
Praise Him, all ye stars of light. 

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 
Earth and heaven, your songs unite. 

2 Praise the Lord ! for He is glorious ! 

He hath put our foes to shame; 
Over death and hell victorious, 

Hosts on high His power proclaim. 

Hallelujah ! Hallelujah ! 
Praise and magnify His Name. 



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2 When, in the bosom of the earth, 

The sower hid the grain, 
Thy goodness marked its secret birth, 
And sent the early rain. 

3 The spring's sweet influence, I^ord, was Thine, 

The plants in beauty grew; 
Thou gav'st refulgent suns to shine. 
And soft refreshing dew. 

4 These varied mercies from above, 

Matured the swelling grain: 
A kindly harvest crowns Thy love, 
And plenty fills the plain. 

5 We own and bless Thy gracious sway; 

Thy hand all nature hails: 
Seed-time nor harvest, night nor day, 
Summer nor winter fails. 



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O'er captive death and conquered sin. 

2 Ride on, ride on in majesty ! 
Hark ! all the tribes Hosanna cry; 
O Savior meek, pursue Thy road, 

With palms and scattered garments strewed. 

3 Ride on, ride on in majesty ! 
The winged armies of the sky 
Look down in wonder now to see 
Thy conflict and Thy victory. 

4 Ride on, ride on in majesty ! 

The last and fiercest strife is nigh; 
Bow Thy meek head to mortal pain — 
Then take, O Lord, Thy power and reign. 



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Thy glory flames in sun and star: 
Centre and soul of every sphere, 
Yet to each loving heart how near ! 



2 Sun of our life, Thy wakening ray- 
Sheds on our path the glow of day; 
Star of our hope, Thy softened light 
Cheers the long watches of the night. 

3 Lord of all life, below, above, 

Whose light is truth, whose warmth is love, 
Before Thine ever-blazing throne, 
We ask no lustre of our own. 

4 Grant us Thy truth to make us free, 
And kindling hearts that burn for Thee; 
Till all Thy living altars claim 

One holy light, one heavenly flame. 



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23 1 Wake, awake! for night is flying; 

The watchmen on the heights are crying; 

Awake, Jerusalem, arise! 
Midnight's solemn hour is tolling; 
His chariot wheels are nearer rolling; 

He comes! prepare, ye virgins wise! 
The Bridegroom comes; awake! 
Your lamps with gladness take; 

Hallelujah! 
And for His marriage feast prepare, 
For ye must go to meet Him there. 

2 Zion hears the watchmen singing, 

And all her heart with joy is springing; 

She wakes, she rises from her gloom; 
For her Lord descends all-glorious, 
The strong in grace, in truth victorious; 

Her Star is risen, her Light is come. 
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3 Now let all the heavens adore Thee, 
And men and angels sing before Thee 

With harp and cymbal's clearest tone; 
Of one pearl each shining portal, 
Where enter in the choir immortal, 

And gather round Thy blazing throne. 
Nor eye hath seen, nor ear 
Hath been attuned to hear 

What there is given. 
The heavens rejoice, and sing to Thee 
Their hymns of joy eternally. 



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Glory to the new-born King: 
Hark ! their songs the heavens fill, 
Peace on earth, to men good-will. 
Joyful all ye nations rise, 
Join the triumph of the skies ; 
With the angelic host proclaim, 
Christ is born in Bethlehem. 

Hark ! the herald angels sing, 
Glory to the new-born King. 

2 Hail ! the Lord, the Prince of Peace ! 
Hail ! the Sun of Righteousness ! 
Light and life to all He brings, 
Risen with healing in His wings. 
Joyful all ye nations rise, 
Join the triumph of the skies; 
With the angelic host proclaim, 
Christ is born in Bethlehem. 

Hark ! the herald angels sing, 
Glory to the new-born King. 



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My burden sore I bring to Thee: 
Thou art my Rest. 

2 Look down on me, for I am weak; 

I feel the toilsome journey's length; 
Thine aid omnipotent I seek: 
Thou art my Strength. 

3 I am bewildered on my way, 

Dark and tempestuous is the night; 
O send Thou forth some cheering ray: 
Thou art my Light. 

4 I hear the storms around me rise, 

But when in weakness, terror struck, 
My spirit to the refuge flies: 
Thou art my Rock. 



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5 When Satan flings his fiery darts, 

I look to Thee, my tremors cease; 
Thy Word full solace then imparts: 
Thou art my Peace. 

6 Standing alon*e on Jordan's brink, 

In that dark hour of fear and strife, 
Thou wilt not suffer me to sink: 
Thou art my L4fe. 

7 Thou wilt my every want supply, 

E'en to the end, whate'er befall; 
Through life, in death, eternally, 
Thou art my All. 




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Zion, city of our God: 
He Whose Word cannot be broken, 
Formed thee for His own abode. 

2 On the Rock of ages founded, 

What can shake thy sure repose ? 
With salvation 's walls surrounded, 
Thou may'st smile at all thy foes. 

3 See, the streams of living waters, 

Springing from eternal love, 
Still supply thy sons and daughters, 
And the fear of want remove. 

4 Who can faint while such a river, 

Ever flows our thirst t' assuage ? 
Blessings which, like God the giver, 
Never fail from age to age. 



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Came the loving mandate, 

Now let there be light; 
Through the rosy pathway 

Of the morning bright, 
With a gentle coming, 

Floats the tender light. 

2 Father ! for the dawning, 

Grateful thanks we raise, — 
For Thy countless blessings, 

Songs of joyous praise; 
I,et a light far brighter 

Than the sunbeam's ray, 
Gild our lives with glory, 

Till the perfect day. 



HYMNS. 



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From dust, and darkness, and the dead; 
Though humbled long, awake at length, 
And gird thee with thy Saviour's strength. 

2 Put all thy beauteous garments on, 
And let thine excellence be known; 
Decked in the robes of righteousness, 
Thy glories shall the world confess. 

3 No more shall foes unclean invade, 
And fill thy hallowed walls with dread; 
No more shall sin 's insulting host 
Their victory and thy sorrows boast. 

4 The Iyord on high has heard thy prayer, 
His hand thy ruin shall repair; 

Nor will thy watchful Monarch cease 
To guard thee in eternal peace. 



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With mocking shine, an aching frame; 
The yearning of the mind is stilled — 

I ask not now for fame. 
But, bowed in lowliness of mind, 

I make my humble wishes known; 
I only ask a will resigned, 

O Father, to Thine own. 

2 In vain I task my aching brain, 

In vain the sage's thoughts I scan; 
I only feel how weak I am, 

How poor and blind is man. 
And now my spirit sighs for home, 

And longs for light whereby to see; 
And, like a weary child, would come, 

O Father, unto Thee. 



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His praise in the great assembly to sing; 
In God the Redeemer let Israel rejoice, 
And children of Zion be glad in their King. 

2 O worship the King, all glorious above; 

O gratefully sing His power and His love; 
Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days, 
Pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise. 

3 O tell of His might, O sing of His grace, 
Whose robe is the light; whose canopy is space; 
His chariots of wrath deep thunder-clouds form, 
And dark is His path on the wings of the storm. 

4 The earth, with its store of wonders untold, 
Almighty, Tlry power hath founded of old — 
Hath stablished it fast by a changeless decree, 
And round it hath cast, like a mantle, the sea. 



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5 Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite ? 
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light; 

It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain, 
And sweetly distils in the dew and the rain. 

6 Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail, 
In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail; 

Thy mercies, how tender, how just is Thy Word, 
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Father! all glorious, 
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Come, and reign over us, 

Ancient of Days! 



Our only God, to Thee 
Our highest praises be 

Hence evermore! 
Thy sovereign majesty 
May we in glory see, 
And to eternity 

Love and adore. 



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42 1 Peace be to this congregation ! 

Peace to every heart therein! 
Peace, the earnest of salvation; 

Peace, the fruit of conquered sin; 
Peace, that speaks the heavenly Giver; 

Peace, to worldly minds unknown; 
Peace that floweth, as a river, 

From th' eternal Source alone. 



HYMNS. 



551 



2 O Thou God of Peace, be near us ! 
Fix within our hearts Thy home; 
With Thy bright appearing cheer us, 

Let Thy blessed kingdom come ! 
-Come with all Thy revelation, — 

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Lead me by Thine own hand, 
Choose Thou the path for me. 

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It still will be the best; 
Winding or straight, it leads 
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That leads to it be Thine, 
Else I would surely stray. 

4 Not mine, O Lord, the choice, 

In greater things or small; 
Be Thou my Guide, my strength, 
My refuge and my all. 



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And meekly wait the moment when 
Thy touch shall make all bright again. 

3 The light, the dark, where'er I look, 
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Where I may read, in words of flame. 
The glories of Thy wondrous name. 



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Life, love, and joy still gliding through, 
And watering our Divine abode. 

2 That sacred stream, Thy Holy Word, 

Our grief allays, our fear controls; 
Sweet peace Thy promises afford, 

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The path is bleak and bare; 
Our feet are worn and weary, 

But we will not despair. 
More heavy was Thy burden, 
More desolate Thy way, 
• O Lamb of God, who takest 
The sin of the world away, 
Have mercy on us! 

2 The snows lie thick around us, 

In dark and gloomy night; 
The tempest wails above us, 

The stars have hid their light. 
But blacker was the darkness 

Round Calvary's cross that day, 
O Lamb of God, who takest 

The sin of the world away, 
Have mercy on us! 

3 Our hearts are faint with sorrow, 

Heavy and hard to bear; 
We dread the bitter morrow, 

But we will not despair. 
Thou knowest all our anguish, 

And Thou wilt bid it cease, 
O Lamb of God, who takest 

The sin of the world away, 
Have mercy on us! 



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And many shining hours are gone; 
The storm is gathering in the west, 
And thou art far from home and rest. 

2 The rising tempest sweeps the sky; 
The rains descend, the winds are high, 
The waters sw T ell, and death and fear 
Beset thy path, nor refuge near. 

3 Haste, w T hile a shelter 3^ou may gain, 
A covert from the wand and rain, 

A hiding-place, a rest, a home, 
A refuge from the w 7 rath to come. 

4 Then linger not in all the plain, 
Flee for thy life, the mountain gain; 
Look not behind, make no delay, 

O speed thee, speed thee on thy way! 



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With blessings all created life cloth fill; 
Outpouring, ceaseless, in unmeasured fulness, 
Its perfect gifts proclaim Thy holy will. 



2 Thy angels turn to Thee, like flowers to sunshine, 

And all their being of Thy love receives; 
Their quickened pulses thrill at its inflowing, 
With newer sense of what Thy love achieves, 

3 To rhythmic sweetness every word attuning, 

It breathes of heaven in each according tone; 
From angel lips it melts to tears the hardness 
Of stony hearts, to love of Thee unknown. 

4 It moulds the shapeless clay to forms of rjeauty,; 

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Where'er we turn Thy glories shine, 
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2 When Day with farewell beam delays 
Among the opening clouds of even, 
And we can almost think we gaze 

Through golden vistas into heaven — 
Those hues that make the sun's decline 
So soft, so radiant, Lord! are Thine. 



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3 When Night, with wings of starry gloom, 

O'ershadows all the earth and skies, 
Like some dark, beauteous bird, whose plume 

Is sparkling with unnumbered eyes — 
That sacred gloom, those fires divine, 
So grand, so countless, Lord! are Thine. 

4 When youthful Spring around us breathes, 

Thy Spirit warms her fragrant sigh ; 
And every flower the summer wreathes, 

Is born beneath that kindling eye: 
Where'er we turn, Thy glories shine, 
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3 Let me neither faint nor fear, 
Feeling still that Thou art near; 
In the paths which Thou hast trod, 
Tending still to Thee, my God. 



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We would from this burden flee; 
Saviour, Thou art all forgiveness, 

Look upon our misery! 
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Heavenly Father! Heavenly Father! 

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Heavenly Father! Heavenly Father! 

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To face the stern, to wrestle with the strong; 
A little while to sow the seed with weeping, 

Then bind the sheaves, and sing the harvest song. 



2 A little while to wear the weeds of sadness, 

To pace with weary step through miry ways; 
Then to pour forth the fragrant oil of gladness, 

Then clasp the girdle round the robe of praise. 
A little while, the earthen pitcher taking 

To way-side brooks, from far-off fountains fed; 
Then the cool lips its thirst for ever slaking 

Beside the fulness of the Fountain-head. 



3 A little while to keep the oil from failing; 

A little while faith 's nickering lamp to trim ; 
And then, the Bridegroom's coming footsteps hailing, 

To greet His advent with the bridal hymn. 
And He who is Himself the Gift and Giver, 

The future glory and the present smile, 
With the bright promise of the glad forever, 

Will light the shadows of the little while. 



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3 Grant us Thy help till back Thy foes are driven ; 
Grant them Thy truth, that they may be forgiven; 
Grant peace on earth, and, after we have striven, 
Peace in Thy heaven. 



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Thy radiance yet shall cover 
The nations of the earth. 



2 His guardian care is o'er thee, 
His hand shall lift thee high; 
The nations bow before thee, 

And kings to thee draw nigh; 
Lift up thine eyes ! around thee 

They throng, a countless band : 
The Lord's right arm shall found 
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His voice shall bid thee stand. 



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With better hopes be filled. 

2 Thy love the power of thought bestowed, 

To Thee my thoughts would soar; 
Thy mercy o'er my life has flowed, 
That mercy I adore. 

3 In each event of life, how clear 

Thy ruling hand I see; 
Each blessing to my soul more dear, 
Because conferred by Thee. 

4 In every joy that crowns my days, 

In every pain I bear, 
My heart shall find delight in praise, 
Or seek relief in prayer. 

5 When gladness wings my favored hour, 

Thy love my thoughts shall fill; 
Resigned, when storms of sorrow lower, 
My soul shall meet Thy will. 

6 My lifted eye, without a tear, 

The gathering storm shall see; 
My steadfast heart shall know no fear, 
That heart shall rest on Thee. 



HYMNS. 



567 




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O Thou that nearest prayer, give ear to me. 

2 Thou givest help to all w T ho humbly seek; 

Thine ear is ever open to their cry; 
But can I ask Thy blessing on the meek 
The while my heart 's rebellion riseth high ? 

3 My thoughts cling ever to the things of earth; 

In utter blindness, Lord, I love their reign; 
My every word and deed, what little worth ! 

Laid bare before Thine eye, how weak and vain ! 

4 O Lord, come nearer in my deep distress, 

And lift my suffering heart to higher things; 
In patience let my soul its realm possess, 

And crown me with the peace which patience brings. 



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57 1 Still will we trust, though earth seem dark and dreary, 
And the heart faint beneath a chastening rod; 
Though rough and steep our pathway, worn and weary, 
Still wall we trust in God! 

2 Our eyes see dimly till by faith anointed, 

And our blind choosing brings us grief and pain; 
Through Him alone who hath our way appointed 
We find our peace again. 

3 Choose for us, Lord! nor let our weak preferring 

Cheat our poor souls of good Thou hast designed; 
Choose for us, Lord! Thy wisdom is unerring, 
And we are fools and blind. 

4 So from our sky the night shall furl her shadows, 

And day pour gladness through his golden gates; 
Our rough path lead to flower-enamelled meadows, 
Where joy our coming waits. 

5 Let us press on in patient self-denial, 

Accept the hardship, shrink not from the loss: 
Our guerdon lies beyond the hour of trial, 

Our crown be}'ond the cross. 



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While on earth her faith is tried: 

We beseech Thee, hear us. 
Keep her life and doctrine pure; 
Grant her patience to endure, 
Trusting in Thy promise sure: 

We beseech Thee, hear us. 



HYMNS. 



571 



Save her love from growing cold, 
Make her watchmen strong and bold, 
Fence her round, Thy peaceful fold: 

We beseech Thee, hear us. 
May her lamp of truth be bright, 
Bid her bear aloft her light 
Far in realms of alien night: 

We beseech Thee, hear us. 



Strong against the hosts of sin, 
Foes without and foes within, 
By Thy help her triumph win: 

We beseech Thee, hear us. 
Then shall she all glorious be, 
From the stain of guilt set free, 
Ever, Lord, to live with Thee: 

We beseech Thee, hear us. 



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2 Turning our hearts to Thee, 

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Seeking from sin to flee, 
True may we prove. 

3 Meekly to bear Thy cross, 

Though the world frown; 
Winning through pain and loss, 
Heaven's shining crown. 



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We know them living unto Thee. 

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"With Thee is hidden still their life; 
Thine are their thoughts, their works, their powers, 
All Thine, and yet most truly ours: 
For well we know, where'er they be, 
Our dead are living unto Thee. 



HYMNS. 



573 



Not spilt like water on the ground, 
Not wrapt in dreamless sleep profound, 
Not wandering in unknown despair 
Beyond Thy voice, Thine arm, Thy care, 
Not left to lie like fallen tree, 
Not dead, but living unto Thee. 

O Breather into man, of breath, 
O Holder of the keys of death, 
O Quickener of the life within, 
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2 O help us when our spirits bleed 

With contrite anguish sore; 
And when our hearts are cold and dead, 
O help us, Lord, the more. 

3 O help us, Jesus, from on high; 

We know no help but Thee; 
O help us so to live and die 
As Thine in heaven to be. 



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Out of the deep I cry, 

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Of evil done in days gone by, 

Of evil still within. 



HYMNS. 



575 



2 Out of the deep of fear, 

Of wilful wrong and shame, 
From midnight watch till dawn is near 

I call upon Thy name. 
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2 Beneath the shadow of Thy throne 

Thy people dwell secure; 
Sufficient is Thine arm alone, 
And our defense is sure. 

3 Before the hills in order stood, 

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From everlasting Thou art God, 
To endless years the same. 

4 O Lord, our help in ages past, 

Our hope in years to come; 
Be Thou our guard while troubles last, 
And our eternal home. 



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Pillar of fire, through watches dark, 

Of cloud to lead by day; 
When waves would whelm our tossing bark, 

Our anchor and our stay; 
Word of the ever-living God, 

Light of His radiant Sun: 
Without thee how could earth be trod, 

Or heaven itself be won ? 

Yet to unfold thy hidden worth, 

Thy mysteries to reveal, 
That Spirit which first gave thee forth 

Thy volume must unseal. 
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The wisdom it imparts, 
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From shadows come away; 
Where all the sounds of weeping cease, 
And storms no more have sway. 

2 Fear hath no dwelling here; 

But pure repose and love 
Breathe through the bright celestial air, 
The spirit of the dove. 

3 In this Divine abode, 

Change leaves no saddening trace: 
Come, trusting spirit, to thy God, 
Thy holy resting place. 



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From day to day thy meaning dearer grows; 
An emblem thou of holy love conjugial, 

From God in heaven that love in blessing flows. 

2 With jewels fair His bride and wife adorning, 

Our Lord hath set a crown her brow above. 
Its gems are radiant stars; — to her He giveth, 
That priceless pearl of life, Conjugial I^ove ! 

3 What sweet and pure affections cluster round it, 

As lesser brilliants gird a central stone; 
Its light pours forth and lends a brighter lustre 
To every ray more dim from them alone. 

4 Shine bright, thou golden ring, with gleam and glitter, 

From fire that melts and welds the twain in one; 
A perfect union, all the dross consuming, 
Behold one angel w T hen its work is done ! 



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A lovely blossom there. 

2 Thy Word is like a deep, deep mine; 

And jewels rich and rare 
Are hidden in its mighty depths 
For every searcher there. 

3 Thy Word is like a starry host; 

A thousand rays of light 
Are seen, to guide the traveler, 
And make his pathway bright. 

4 Thy Word is like a glorious choir, 

And loud its anthems ring; 
Though many tongues and parts unite, 
It is one song they sing. 

5 Thy Word is like an armory, 

Where soldiers may repair, 
And find for life's long battle-day 
All needful weapons there. 

6 O may I love Thy precious Word, 

May I explore the mine, 
May I its fragrant flowers glean, 
Its light upon me shine ! 

7 O may I find my armor there, 

Thy Word my trusty sword ! 
I'll learn to fight with every foe 
The battle of the Lord. 



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Rests in heavenly peace. 



2 Holy night ! peaceful night ! 
Only for shepherds' sight 
Came blest visions of angel throngs, 
With their loud hallelujah songs, 
Hail ! the Savior is come, 
Hail ! the Savior is come. 



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581 



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Child of heaven ! O how bright 
Thou didst smile on us when Thou wast born, 
Blest indeed was that happy morn, 

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Thy truth shall break through every cloud 
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Wise are the wonders of Thy hands ; 
Thy judgments are a mighty deep. 

3 From the provisions of Thy house 

We shall be fed with angels' food; 
There mercy like a river flows, 

And brings salvation on its flood. 

4 Life, like a fountain rich and free, 

Springs from the presence of the Lord; 
And in Thy light our souls shall see 
The glories promised in Thy Word. 



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Daylight all gone, 
Darkness be over me, 

My rest a stone: 
Yet in my dreams I 'd be, 
Nearer, my God, to Thee, 
Nearer to Thee. 



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There let the way appear, 

Steps up to heaven; 
All that Thou sendest me 

In mercy given: 
Angels to beckon me 
Near.er, my God, to Thee, 

Nearer to Thee. 

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When storms of sharp distress invade; 
Ere we can offer our complaints, 
Behold Him present with His aid. 

2 Iyoud may the troubled ocean roar, 

In sacred peace our souls abide; 
While every nation, every shore, 

Trembles and dreads the swelling tide. 

3 Let mountains from their seats be hurled 

Down to the deep, and buried there, 
Convulsions shake the solid world — 
Our faith shall never yield to fear. 



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On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, 
And cheer the clouded mind with light Divine. 



2 'T is Thine alone to calm the troubled breast 
With silent confidence and holy rest; 
From Thee, O Lord, we spring; to Thee we tend, 
Thou First and Last ! Beginning Thou, and End ! 



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His name Immanuel, the Mighty God, 
The Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, 
Whose sacred government shall still increase. 

3 Justice and judgment shall His throne defend, 
And peace with white-robed innocence descend; 
The Lord of Hosts shall o'er His foes prevail, 
And crime shall cease, and falsehood's empire fail. 

4 As the good shepherd's care his flock directs, 
By day o'ersees them and by night protects; 
So shall mankind His guardian care engage, 
The promised Father of an endless age. 



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5 See a long train fair Salem 's courts adorn ! 
See future sons and daughters, yet unborn, 
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Receiving life, preparing for the skies ! 



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2 It is not death to close 

The eye long dimmed by tears, 
And wake in glorious repose 
To spend eternal years. 

3 It is not death to bear 

The wrench that sets us free 
From dungeon chain, to breathe the air 
Of boundless liberty. 

4 It is not death to fling 

Aside this sinful dust, 
And rise, on strong exulting wing, 
To live among the just. 

5 O Lord, Thou Prince of life ! 

Thy chosen cannot die; 
By Thee the}^ conquer in the strife, 
To reign with Thee on high. 



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Wilt give us strength sufficient to our day. 

2 Not for the fleeting joys that earth bestows, 
Not for exemption from its many woes; 
But that, come joy or woe, come good or ill, 
With childlike faith we trust Thy guidance still. 

3 Teach us, O Lord, to find the latent good 
That sorrow yields, when rightly understood; 
And for the frequent joy that crowns our days, 
Help us with grateful hearts our hymns to raise. 

4 Thou knowest all our needs, and will supply: 
No veil of darkness hides us from Thine eye, 
Nor vainly, from the depths, on Thee we call; 
Thy tender love enfolds, encircles all. 



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Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid: 
Star of the Bast, the horizon adorning, 
Guide where the infant Redeemer is laid. 

2 Cold on His cradle the dewdrops are shining, 

Iyow lies His bed with the beasts of the stall; 
Angels adore Him in slumber reclining, 
Maker, and Monarch, and Savior of all. 

3 Say shall we yield Him, in costly devotion, 

Odors of Bdom, and offerings divine ? 
Gems of the mountain and pearls of the ocean, 
Myrrh from the forest and gold from the mine ? 

4 Vainly we offer each ample oblation, 

Vainly with gifts would His favor secure; 
Richer by far is the heart's adoration, 

Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor. 



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Jacob's star that gilds the night, 
Guides bewildered nature right. 
Mild it shines on all beneath, 
Piercing through the shades of death; 
Scattering error's wide-spread night, 
Kindling darkness into light. 



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591 



2 Nations all, remote and near, 
Haste to see your God appear: 
Haste, for Him your hearts prepare, 
Meet Him manifested there. 
There behold the Day-Spring rise, 
Pouring light upon your eyes: 
See it chase the shades away, 
Shining to the perfect day. 




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One star alone of all the train 

Can fix the sinner's wandering eye. 

2 Hark, hark! to God the chorus breaks 

From every host, from every gem; 
But one alone the Savior speaks; 
It is the Star of Bethlehem. 

3 It is my guide, my light, my all, 

It bids my dark forebodings cease; 
And through the storm and danger's thrall 
It leads me to the port of peace. 

4 Then, safely moored, my perils o'er, 

I'll sing, first in night's diadem, 
Forever and for evermore, 

The Star, the Star of Bethlehem. 



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Shine to His glory, worlds of light; 

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Fair moons and glittering stars of night, 

That run your mystic race! 

2 Ye gorgeous clouds that deck the sky 
With crystal, crimson, gold, 
And rainbow arches raised on high, 
The light of life unfold ! 



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593 



Storm, lightning, thunder, hail and snow, 
Wild winds that keep His word, 

Old mountains lying far below, 
Unite to bless the Lord. 

3 His name, ye forests, wave along, 
Outbreathe it, every flower; 
Birds, beasts, and insects, swell the song 

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Thou the Life, the Truth, the Way, 
Guide us to the realms of day. 

3 Thine forever; O how blest 
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Savior, Thou our way defend, 
Keep us safely to the end. 

4 Thine forever; Thou our Guide; 
All our wants by Thee supplied; 
All our sins by Thee forgiven, 
Lead us, Lord, from earth to heaven. 



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2 Thou art, O Lord, exalted high; 
Thy radiance fills the earth and sky. 
In Thee we own all power Divine; 
All wisdom, light and life are Thine. 

3 Eternal are Thy mercies, Lord, 
And truth eternal is Thy Word; 

Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, 
Thy kingdom stand for evermore. 



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Whose greatness all our thought exceeds ? 
What mortal eloquence can raise 

A tribute equal to His praise ? 

3 Then be the Lord forever blessed, 
His name eternally confessed; 
And let us all with full accord 
Resound the praises of the Lord. 



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All that liberal Autumn pours 
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2 Flocks that whiten all the plain, 
Yellow sheaves of ripened grain, 
Clouds that drop distilling dews, 
Suns that tempering warmth diffuse; — 
These to Thee, and more we owe, 
Source whence all our blessings flow; 
And our hearts, O Lord, shall raise 
Grateful vows and songs of praise. 



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2 The powers of death have done their worst; 
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Triumphant shouts of joy outburst ! Alleluia 



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3 The third bright morn He rose again, 
In glorious majesty to reign; 

O rise and swell the glad refrain ! Alleluia ! 

4 He closed the yawning gates of hell; 
The bars from heaven's high portals fell; 
Loud hymns of praise His glory tell ! Alleluia ! 




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And breathe from every hill. 

2 The hidden fountains at Thy call 

Their sacred stores unlock; 
Loud in the desert sudden streams 
Burst living from the rock. 

3 The incense of the Spring ascends 

Upon the morning gale; 
Red o'er the hill the roses bloom, 
And lilies in the vale. 

4 Renewed, the earth a robe of light, 

A robe of beauty wears; 
And in new heavens a brighter sun 
Leads on the promised years. 

5 Let Israel to the Prince of Peace 

The loud hosanna sing; 
With hymns and hallelujahs now, 
O Zion, hail thy King ! 



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Pilot me, O pilot me ! 



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HYMNS. 



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2 Yet, to soothe thy heart in sadness, 

Tears are given, a sweet relief; 
Mourning quickly turns to gladness, 

Joy replaces banished grief; 
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3 Bless Thou the truth, O Lord, 

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4 Then shall all bondage cease, 

All fetters fall; 
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My All in all ! 



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3 Thy sun doth shine above us, 
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Thou Light of Life Divine ! 
O may Thy Spirit cheer us, 
May angels e'er be near us, 

And we be wholly Thine ! 



HYMNS. 605 

4 In daily tribulation, 
In trial and temptation, 

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Thy Truth can make us free. 



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Glory for Thy love and mercy, 

Praise for all Thy blessings poured, 
Every tongue Thv name confessing, 

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord ! 



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Alleluia ! Alleluia ! 

His the victory alone. 
Hark ! angelic songs of triumph 

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Mighty echoes, all creation 

Sending back the glad refrain. 



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Hark ! from the midnight hills around 
A voice of more than mortal sound 
In distant hallelujahs stole, 
Wild murmuring o'er the raptured soul. 



HYMXS. 



609 



2 On wheels of light, on wings of name, 
The glorious hosts of Zion came; 

High heaven with songs of triumph rung, 
While thus they struck their harps and sung: 
O Zion ! lift thy raptured eye, 
The long-expected hou r is iiisrri; 
Renewed, creation smiles again, 
The Prince of Salem comes to reign. 

3 He comes to cheer the trembling heart, 
Bids Satan and his host depart; 
Again the Day-star gilds the gloom, 
Again the bowers of Eden bloom. 

O Zion ! lift thy raptured eye, 
The long-expected hour is nigh; 
Renewed, creation smiles again, 
The Prince of Salem comes to reign. 









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Honor, praise, and glory be. 



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Come in all Thy power and glory, 
End this long and weary night. 
Lord our God, to Thee Almighty, 
All the earth shall incense bring ! 

Alleluia! Alleluia! 
Songs of praise triumphant sing ! 



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Lion of the tribe of Judah, 

Lamb of God upon the throne, 
Our Redeemer strong and mighty, 

Ruling all the world alone; 
Lord of all the host of heaven, 

In Thy presence we adore ! 
Alleluia ! Alleluia ! 

Sing His praises evermore ! 

Joyful throngs of earth and heaven, 

Loudly hymn your Savior's praise; 
Men and angels join in chorus, 

Heart and voice united raise ! 
Earth and sky with joy resounding, 

In far-echoing songs proclaim, 
Alleluia ! Alleluia ! 

Shout the praises of His name ! 



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Thy w T ill be done. 

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Then shall ascend this prayer Divine, 
Thy will be done. 

3 Thy will be done: Though shrouded o'er 

Our path with gloom, one comfort, one 
Is ours; to breathe, while we adore, 
Thy will be done. 



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Issued into glorious birth; 
All Thy works before Thee stood, 
And Thine eye beheld them good, 
While they sang with one accord, 
Holy, holy, holy, Lord ! 



HYMNS. 



613 



2 Holy, holy, holy! Thee, 

One Jehovah evermore, 
Father, Son, and Spirit, we, 

Dust and ashes, would adore; 
Lightly by the world esteemed, 
From that world by Thee redeemed, 
Sing we here, with glad accord, 
Holy, holy, holy, Lord ! 

3 Holy, holy, holy! All 

Heaven's triumphant choir shall sing, 
When the ransomed nations fall 

At the footstool of their King; 
Then shall saints and seraphim, 
Hearts and voices, swell one hymn, 
Round the throne with full accord, 
Holy, holy, holy, Lord ! 







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Thou reignest King forever. Amen. 



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Let all His saints adore Him ! 



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2 When in distress to Him we cried, 

He heard our sad complaining; 
O trust in Him, whate'er betide, 

His love is all-sustaining; 
Triumphant songs of praise 
To Him our hearts shall raise; 

Let all His saints adore Him ! 

3 Rejoice to-day with one accord, 

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Let all His saints adore Him ! 





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6l6 HYMNS. 




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Ancient of everlasting days, 

And God of love. 
Jehovah, Jesus, Lord, 

By earth and heaven confessed; 
O bow, and bless His sacred name, 

And in Him rest. Amen. 



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Heaven's blessed peace descending; 

Come, ah, come into my breast ! 



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That youth may love and age adore. 

2 O Way, through whom our souls draw near 

To yon eternal home of peace, 
Where perfect love shall cast out fear, 

And earth's vain toil and wandering cease; 
In strength or weakness may we see 

Our heavenward path, O Lord, through Thee. 

3 O Truth, before whose shrine w T e bow, 

Thou priceless pearl for all who seek, 
To Thee our earliest strength we vow, 

Thy love will bless the pure and meek; 
When dreams or mists beguile our sight, 

Turn Thou our darkness into light. 



HYMNS. 



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O Life, the fount that ever flows 

To slake the thirst of those that faint, 

Thy power to bless what angel knows ? 
Thy joy supreme what words can paint? 

In earth's last hour of fleeting breath 
Be Thou our Conqueror over death. 

O Light, O Way, O Truth, O Life! 

O Jesus, born mankind to save! 
Give Thou Thy help in fiercest strife, 

Shed Thou Thy calm on stormiest wave; 
Be Thou our Father, Lord and King, 

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The endless striving day by day, 
The souls that weep, the souls that pray. 

2 He knows how hard the fight hath been, 
The clouds that came our lives between, 
The wounds the world hath never seen. 

3 He knows when faint and worn we sink, 
How deep the pain, how near the brink 
Of dark despair we pause and shrink. 

4 He knows ! O thought so full of bliss ! 
For though on earth our joy we miss, 
We still can bear it, feeling this. 

5 He knows ! O heart, take up thy cross 
And know earth's treasures are but dross, 
And He will prove as gain our loss ! 



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Zion in triumph begins her mild reign. 

2 Hail to the brightness of Zion 's glad morning, 

Long by the prophets of Israel foretold. 
Hail to the captives from bondage returning, 
Nations afar the blest vision behold. 

3 Lo, in the desert rich flowers are springing; 

Streams ever copious are gliding along. 
Loud from the mountain-tops echoes are ringing, 
Wastes rise in verdure, and mingle in song. 

4 Far distant lands and the isles of the ocean, — 

Lo, their glad voices ascending on high ! 
Fallen the engines of war and commotion; 
Shouts of salvation are rending the sky. 



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From devious ways our worn and wandering feet. 

2 Grant us Thy peace, through winning and through losing, 

Through shade and sunshine on our pilgrim way; 
Keep us in peace, safe in Thy love's disposing, 

Thou, who all things in heaven and earth doth sway. 

3 Give us Thy peace, — not as the world has given, 

In momentary rays that fitful gleamed, 
But calm, deep, sure, enduring peace of heaven, 
Of hearts surrendered, and of souls redeemed. 

4 Grant us Thy peace that like a deepening river 

Swells ever onward to a broad, calm sea; 
O Thou of Peace the only Lord and Giver, 
Grant us Thy peace, to dwell secure in Thee. 



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Be Thine the praise ! 

2 Now crystal fountains play 

Where once were burning sands; 
The river's winding way 

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New grass is seen, 
And o'er the meads 
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The painted fields adorn, — 



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See the wide-branching wood 
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Word of life, supplying 
Comfort to the dying ! 
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Where'er the foot of man hath trod, 
Descend on our apostate race. 

2 Give tongues of fire and hearts of love 
To preach the reconciling Word; 

Give power and unction from above, 
Whene'er the joyful sound is heard. 

Be darkness at Thy coming, light; 

Confusion, order in Thy path; 
Souls without strength, inspire with might; 
Bid mercy triumph over wrath. 

O Spirit of the Lord, prepare 

All the round earth her God to meet; 
Breathe Thou abroad like morning air, 
Till hearts of stone begin to beat. 



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Through joy or sorrow still in Him abide; 
Thy very hairs are numbered, therefore fear not; 
For all the days to come He will provide. 

2 Uplift thine earth-born thought: the peace of heaven 

He waits at every moment to bestow; 
Not all thy prayers and tears can move His pity 
To give the joys that naught of peace can know. 

3 A moment here, but there through endless cycles — 

Thy heavenly birthright do not thou forget; 
Arise, and ask the Lord that He may aid thee 
To hold that hope through life, its toil and fret. 

4 He will provide alone for life eternal; 

Where He appoints for thee to walk is best; 
He sees thy bleeding feet, the thorns that pierce thee; 
He trod that very path; it leads to rest. 



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And prayer shall fill Thy temple gates; 
All flesh shall to Thy throne repair, 
And, kneeling, find salvation there. 

2 How blest Thy saints ! how safely led, 
How surely kept, how richly fed ! 
Savior of all in earth and sea, 

How happy they who rest in Thee ! 

3 Thy hand sets fast the mighty hills, 
Thy voice the troubled ocean stills; 
Evening and morning hymn Thy praise, 
And earth Thy bounty wide displays. 

4 The year is with Thy goodness crowned; 
Thy clouds drop wealth the world around; 
Through Thee the deserts laugh and sing, 
And nature smiles, and owns her King. 



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Praise Him from the wondrous height ! 
Praise Him, all ye angels, praise Him ! 

Sun and moon, and stars of light ! 
Praise Him, all ye heavens of heavens; 

Shining far above our gaze; — 
Praise the Lord who hath created, 

And preserveth all our days. 

2 He the floods hath set forever, 

Bound them by Divine decree; 
Praise the Lord ! the glorious Giver ! 

Earth, and creatures of the sea ! 
Fire and hail, and snow and vapor, 

Stormy wind that works His will, 
Fruitful tree and towering cedar, 

Mountain rude, and rolling hill ! 

3 Praise Him, beasts that wildly wander, 

Gentle herds in human care, 
Creeping things, a countless number, 

Flying fowl that fill the air; 
Praise Him, kings and princes, praise Him ! 

All ye people join in one; 
Let the rulers bow before Him; 

Youth and maiden, sire and son ! 

4 Let them sing His praise forever, 

For His name alone is great; 
High above the earth and heaven 

Is His glory uncreate. 
Power He giveth to His people, 

Praise He doth His saints afford; 
E'en to Israel, ever near Him — 

Praise, all people, praise the Lord ! 



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J jy 1 Daughter of Zion, awake from thy sadness; 

Awake ! for thy foes shall oppress thee no more: 
Bright o'er thy hills dawns the day-star of gladness; 
Arise, for the night of thy sorrow is o'er. 

Daughter of Zion, awake from thy sadness; 

Awake ! for thy foes shall oppress thee no more. 

2 Strong w r ere thy foes, but the arm which subdued them, 

And scattered their legions, was mightier far; 
They fled like chaff from the sword that pursued them ; 
How vain were their steeds and their chariots of war ! 

Daughter of Zion, etc. 

3 Daughter of Zion, the power that has saved thee 

Extolled with the harp and the timbrel shall be: 
Shout ! for the foe is o'ercome that enslaved thee; 
The tyrant is vanquished, and Zion is free. 

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To Jesus Christ, our Savior, King ! Amen. 



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There's no night in the homeland, 

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I'm sighing for the homeland, 

My heart is aching here; 
There's no pain in the homeland 

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There's no sin in the homeland, 

And no temptation there. 
The music of the homeland 

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And when I think of the homeland, 

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For those I love in the homeland 

Are calling me away 
To the rest and peace of the homeland, 

And the life beyond decay ; 
For there's no death in the homeland, 

There's no sorrow above; 
Lord, bring us all to the homeland 

Of Thy eternal love ! 



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Breathe such a glow of holy thought and feeling 
That we may live to glorify Thy name. 

2 That we may conquer base desire and passion, 

That we may rise from selfish thought and will; 
O'ercome the world's allurement, threat, and fashion, 
Walk humbly, gently, leaning on Thee still. 

3 Let now Thy goodness by our minds be seen, 

And let Thy mercy on our souls be sealed. 
Lord, if Thou wilt, Thy power can make us clean; 
O speak the word, Thy servants shall be healed. 



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See the moon and stars of light 
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Praising God in stillest night. 
See how God this rolling globe 
Swathes with beauty like a robe; 
Forests, fields, and living things, 
Each its Maker's glory sings, 

Each its Maker's glory sings. 



2 Through the air Thy praises meet 
Birds are singing, clear and sweet; 
Fire and storm and wind, Thy will 
As Thy ministers fulfill, 

As Thy ministers fulfill. 
Onward flowing to the sea, 
Rivers murmur, Lord, of Thee; 
Ocean waves Thy glory tell; 
At Thy touch they sink and swell, 

At Thy touch they sink and swell. 



3 Heaven and earth and sea and air 
Still their Maker's praise declare; 
Thou, my soul, exalted sing; 
To thy God thy praises bring, 

To thy God thy praises bring. 
Ah, my God, what wonders lie 
Hid in Thine infinity ! 
Stamp upon mine inmost heart 
What I am, and what Thou art ! 
What I am, and what Thou art ! 



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See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, 
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2 See a long race thy spacious courts adorn, 
See future sons and daughters yet unborn, 
In crowding ranks on every side arise, 
Imploring life, and eager for the skies. 

3 See far-off nations at thy gates attend, 
Walk in thy light and in thy temple bend. 

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Thy realm shall last, for thy Messiah reigns. 



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2 Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns ! 

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While fields, and floods, rocks, hills, and plains, 
Repeat the sounding joy. 

3 No more shall sin and sorrow grow, 

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HYMNS. 



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Make Thou Thy Church, O Savior, 

A lamp of burnished gold, 
To bear before the nations 

Thy true light as of old. 
O teach Thy wandering pilgrims 

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2 Praise ye the Lord ! praise ye His loving kindness, 

And all the tender mercy He has shown; 
Praise Him who pardons all our sin and blindness, 
And calls us sons, and takes us for His own. 

3 Praise ye the Lord ! the source of all our blessings; 

Before His gifts earth's richest boons grow dim; 
Resting in Him, His peace and joy possessing, 
All things are ours, for we have all in Him. 



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O Jesus Christ, our I^ord and King ! 



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Home at last for weary feet; 
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Rest remaineth, rest from sin, 
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Rest from parting, rest from fears; 
Every troubled thought shall be, 
Jesus, Savior, lost in Thee. 

Rest remaineth, O how blest ! 
In Thy keeping, Lord, to rest; 
In Thy loving care to see 
Every blessing flow from Thee. 

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Even here at rest in Thee; 
Now and ever by Thee blest, 
Find in Thee eternal rest. 
Rest remaineth, O how sweet ! 
Home at last for weary feet; 
Peaceful calm for sleepless eyes. 
Life for death, and songs for sighs. 



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Lead me aright, 
Though strength should falter and the heart should bleed, 

Through peace to light. 
I do not ask, O Lord, that Thou shouldst shed 

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Give but a ray of peace, that I may tread 

Without a fear. 



3 I do not ask my cross to understand, 

My way to see; 
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And follow Thee. 
Joy is like restless day, but peace Divine 

Like quiet night; 
Lead me, O Lord, till perfect day shall shine 

Through peace to light. 



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J30 1 Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, 
Wisdom, and riches, and strength, evermore, 
Give ye to Him who our battle hath won, 
Whose are the kingdom, the crown, and the throne. 

2 Dwelleth the light of the glory with Him, 
Light of a glory that cannot grow T dim, 
Light in its silence and beauty and calm, 
Light in its gladness and brightness and balm. 

3 Past are the darkness, the storm, and the war, 
Come is the radiance that sparkled afar, 
Breaketh the gleam of the day without end, 
Riseth the sun that shall never descend. 

4 Ever ascendeth the song and the joy. 
Ever descendeth the love from on high; 
Blessing, and honor, and glory, and praise, 
This is the theme of the hymns that we raise. 



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5 Life of all life, and true Light of all light, 
Star of the dawning, unchangingly bright, 
Sun of the Salem whose lamp is the Lamb, 
Theme of the new and the ever-glad psalm ! 

6 Give we the glory and praise to the Lamb, 
Take we the robe and the harp and the palm; 
Sing we the song of the Lamb that was slain, 
Dying in weakness, but rising to reign. 

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2 Helm for the ships that keep 
Their pathway o'er the deep; 
Shepherd of sheep that own 
Their Master on the throne; — 

3 Stir up Thy children meek 
With guileless lips to speak 

In hymns and songs, Thy praise, 
Guide of their infant ways. 

4 O King of saints, Lord ! 
Mighty, all -conquering Word ! 
Truth of the Most High God, 
Wielding Thy wisdom's rod; 

5 Our stay when cares annoy, 
Giver of endless joy, 

The Savior of our mortal race, — 
In mercy, hear. 



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132 1 -^ e ^ n ' m y sou l' the exalted lay; 

Let each enraptured thought obey, 

And praise the Almighty's name; 
Lo, heaven and earth, and seas and skies, 
In one melodious concert rise, 
To swell the inspiring theme. 



2 Thou heaven of heavens, His vast abode, 
Ye clouds, proclaim your Maker, God; 

Ye thunders, speak His power: 
Lo, on the lightning's fiery wing, 
In triumph walks the eternal King; 

The astonished worlds adore. 



3 Ye deeps, with roaring billows rise, 
To join the thunders of the skies; 

Praise Him who bids you roll; 
His praise in softer notes declare, 
Each whispering breeze of yielding air, 
And breathe it to the soul. 



4 Wake, all ye roaring throngs, and sing; 
Ye feathered warblers of the spring, 

Harmonious anthems raise 
To Him who shaped your finer mould, 
Who tipped your glittering wings with gold, 

And tuned your voice to praise. 



5 Let man, by nobler passions swayed, 
Let man, in God's own image made, 

His breath in praise employ; 
Spread wide his Maker's name around, 
Till heaven shall echo back the sound 

In glorious songs of joy. 



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Wing your flight o'er all the earth; 
Tell, O tell the wondrous story, 
Loud proclaim Messiah's birth. 

Come and worship, come and worship, 
Worship ye the Lord our King. 

2 Shepherds, in the field abiding, 

Watching o'er your flocks by night; 
Angel hosts to you confiding, 

Yonder shines the hallowed light. 
Come and worship, etc. 

3 Sages, leave your contemplations, 

Brighter visions beam afar; 
Seek the great Desire of nations, 
Follow ye His natal star. 
Come and worship, etc. 



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Waiting long in hope and fear; 
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In days of peace, when we adore Thee, 

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And praise Thy wondrous ways Divine. 



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When gloom and threatening shades surround us, 

And other children of the night; — 
O Lord of light, then we implore Thee 

To take the darkening clouds away; 
With humble hearts we bow before Thee, 

And lowly wait the break of day. 



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See that glory -beaming star ? 
Watchman, does its beauteous ray 

Aught of hope or joy foretell ? 
Traveler, yes; it brings the day, 

Promised day of Israel. 

2 Watchman, tell us of the night; 

Higher yet that star ascends. 
Traveler, blessedness and light, 

Peace and truth, its course portends. 
Watchman, will its beams alone 

Gild the spot that gave them birth ? 
Traveler, ages are its own; 

See ! it bursts o 'er all the earth. 



3 Watchman, tell us of the night; 

For the morning seems to dawn. 
Traveler, darkness takes its flight, 

Doubt and terror are withdrawn. 
Watchman, let thy vigils cease, 

Hie thee to thy quiet home. 
Traveler, lo ! the Prince of Peace, 

L,o ! the Savior God is come. 



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In Thy all-glorious light. 



2 I cannot yet Thy purpose see, 

I^et not my soul complain, 
For all is well since ruled by Thee, 

And blessed is Thy reign. 
Still will I trust Thy hand 

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Through darksome ways, to stand 

In Thy all-glorious light. 



3 So, trusting in Thy love, I tread 

The path of duty on; 
And though some cherished joys are fled, 

Some dreams alluring gone, 
Still will I trust Thy hand 

To guide my steps aright 
Through darksome ways, to stand 

In Thy all-glorious light. 



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J38 1 Roll out, O song, to God ! 

Move on, ye throngs of men ! 
Chances and changes come and go; 

God changeth not ! Amen. 
And on the throngs of men, 

On worrying care and strife, 
Sinks down, as if from angel tongues, 

The word of hope and life. 

2 Down in the darksome wa}^s 

And worrying whirl of life 
Sinks, like a strain of vesper-song, 

The thought of His great strife, 
Who, of the virgin born, 

Made all our chains His own, 
And broke them with His own right arm, 

Nor left us more alone. 



3 Amid the weak, One strong; 

Amid the false, One true; 
Amid all change, One changing not, 

One hope we ne'er shall rue. 
In whose sight all is now, 

In whose love all is best: 
The things of this world pass away, — 

Come, let us in Him rest. 



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O'er all the earth and heaven. 
O Prince of Peace ! O wondrous Word ! 
O merciful and mighty Lord ! 

O Father everlasting ! 



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The stars around Thy throne rejoice, 

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The choirs of earth to life awake, 

And with hosannas rinsr. 



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1 The day is done; the weary day of thought and toil is past; 
Soft falls the twilight cool and gray on the tired earth at last. 
By wisest teachers wearied and by gentlest friends opprest, 
In Thee alone the soul, outworn, refreshment finds and rest. 

2 Bend, gracious Spirit, from above, like these o'erarching skies, 
And to Thy firmament of love lift up these longing eyes; 
And, folded by Thy sheltering hand, in refuge still and deep, 

Let blessed thoughts from Thee descend, as drop the dews of sleep. 

3 And when refreshed the soul once more puts on new life and power, 
O let Thine image, Lord, alone, gild my first waking hour ! 

Let that blest Presence dawn and glow, fairer than morn 's first ray ; 
And Thy pure radiance overflow the splendor of the day. 

4 So in the hastening eventide, so in the coming morn, 
When deeper slumber shall be given and fresher life be born, 
Shine out, true Light ! to guide my way amid that deepening gloom, 
And rise, O Morning Star, the first that dayspring to illume ! 

5 I cannot dread the darkness, Lord, where Thou wilt watch o'er me, 
Nor smile to greet the rising sun unless Thy smile I see. 
Creator, Savior, Comforter ! on Thee my soul is cast; 

At morn, at night, in earth, in heaven, be Thou my First and Last ! 



664 HYMNS. 

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Assume Thy right ! 
And where in many a fold 
The clouds are backward rolled, 
Pass through those gates of gold, 
And reign in light ! 

2 Victor o 'er death and hell ! 
Cherubic legions swell 

Thy radiant train; 
Praises all heaven inspire; 
Each angel sweeps his lyre 
And w T afts his wings of fire, 

Thou Lamb once slain ! 

3 Enter, Incarnate God ! 

No feet but Thine have trod 

The serpent down. 
Blow the full trumpets, blow ! 
Wider yon portals throw ! 
Savior triumphant ! go, 

And take Thy crown ! 



HYMNS. 665 

4 Lion of Judah, Hail ! 
And let Thy name prevail 

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Lowly we kneel in prayer before Thy throne, 
That theirs may be the love that knows no ending, 
Whom Thou for evermore dost join in one. 



2 O perfect Life ! be Thou their full assurance 

Of tender charity and steadfast faith, 
Of patient hope and quiet, brave endurance, 

With childlike trust that fears no pain nor death. 

3 Grant them the joy which brightens earthly sorrow; 

Grant them the peace which calms all earthly strife, 
And to life's day the glorious heavenly morrow 
That dawns upon eternal love and life. 



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Anthems to the Savior raise; 
Host of heaven, His throne surrounding, 

Hymn the great Creator's praise. 
Radiant orb of day, adore Him, 

Praise Him, thou who rulest the night; 
Heaven of heavens, O bow before Him, 

Praise Him, all ye worlds of light. 

2 Praise Him, wild and restless ocean, 

Praise Him, monsters of the deep; 
Praise Him in your rude commotion, 

Storms that at His mandate sweep. 
Hills and mountains, heavenward towering, 

Fires, that in their bosom glow; 
Clouds around their cliffs dark lowering, 

Torrents down their steeps that flow; 

3 Verdant fields, and valleys blooming, 

Insect myriads, own His care; 
Wild beasts through the forest roaming, 

Warbling tenants of the air; 
Kings and rulers, shout His glory; 

People, join the loud acclaim; 
Maidens, youths, and fathers hoary, 

Infants, lisp His holy name. 

4 Every kindred, tongue and nation, 

Him who gave you life adore; 
Earth and heaven and all creation, 

Praise His name for evermore. 
Angel bands in strains sweet-sounding, 

Anthems to the Savior raise; 
Host of heaven, His throne surrounding, 

Hymn the great Creator's praise. 



668 



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145 1 With songs and honors sounding loud, 

Address the Lord on high; 
O'er all the heavens He spreads His cloud, 

And waters veil the sky. 
He sends His showers of blessings down 

To cheer the plain below; 
He makes the grass the mountains crown, 

And corn in valleys grow. 

2 His steady counsels change the face 
Of each declining 3-ear; 
He bids the sun cut short his race, 
And wintry days appear. 



HYMNS. 



669 



His hoary frost, His fleecy snow, 
Descend and clothe the ground; 

The liquid streams forbear to flow, 
In icy fetters bound. 

He sends His word and melts the snow, 

The fields no longer mourn; 
He calls the warmer gales to blow, 

And bids the spring return. 
The changing wind, the flying cloud, 

Obey His mighty word: 
With songs and honors sounding loud, 

Praise ye the sovereign Lord ! 



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My rising soul surveys, 
Transported with the view, I'm lost 
In wonder, love, and praise. 

2 Unnumbered comforts on my soul 

Thy tender care bestowed 
Before my infant heart conceived 
From whom those comforts flowed. 

3 When, in the slippery paths of youth, 

With heedless steps I ran, 
Thine arm unseen conveyed me safe 
From childhood up to man. 

4 Through every period of my life 

Thy goodness I'll pursue; 
And after death, in happier worlds, 
The glorious theme renew. 



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The cloven tongues descending, 
Fanned by Thy dewy breath, shall blaze and burn, 

A sacred flame unending. 
Soon shall that fire behold 
Vile earth transformed to fine wrought gold, 
And gloom of shadowy night 
That flame shall kindle into light. 

Blow on, Thou mighty Wind, blow on ! 

2 Blow on, Thou mighty Wind ! 

And waft to realms unbounded 
The notes of faith, and hope, and tender love, 

The gospel trump hath sounded. 
Those sweetly piercing tones 
That charm all woes, and tears, and groans, 
Through earth, and sea, and sky, 
Upon Thy rushing wings shall fly. 

Blow on, Thou mighty Wind, blow on ! 

3 Blow on, Thou mighty Wind ! 

For tempest-tossed and lonely 
The ship upon the rolling billows rides, 

And trusts in Thy breath only. 
She spreads her swelling sails 
For Thee to fill with favoring gales 
Till, through the stormy sea, 
Thou bring her home where she would be. 

Blow on, Thou mighty Wind, blow on ! 

4 Blow on, Thou mighty Wind ! 

On contrite hearts and broken, 
And bring in quickening power the gracious words 

That lips Divine have spoken. 
Lo ! then, from death and sleep, 
The listening soul to life shall leap; 
Then love shall reign below 
And joy the whole wide world o'erflow. 

Blow on, Thou mighty Wind, blow on ! 



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Sing the praises of the Lord ! 
Earth and sky, all living nature, 
Man, the stamp of thy Creator, 

Praise ye, praise ye God the Lord ! 

2 Sun and moon bright, night and moonlight, 

Starry temples, azure-floored; 
Cloud and rain, and wild wind's madness, 
Sons of God that shout for gladness, 

Praise ye, praise ye God the Lord 1 

3 Ocean hoary, tell His glory, 

Cliffs where tumbling seas have roared ! 
Pulse of waters, blithely beating, 
Wave advancing, wave retreating, 

Praise ye, praise ye God the Lord ! 

4 Rock and highland, wood and island, 

Crag where eagle's pride hath soared; 
Mighty mountains, purple breasted, 
Peaks, cloud-cleaving, snowy-crested, 

Praise ye, praise ye God the Lord ! 



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673 



5 Rolling river, praise Him ever, 

From the mountain 's deep vein poured ! 
Silver fountain, clearly gushing, 
Troubled torrent, wildly rushing, 

Praise ye, praise ye God the Eord ! 

6 Praise Him ever, bounteous Giver; 

Praise the great and mighty Lord ! 
Each glad soul its free course winging, 
Each glad voice its free song singing, 

Praise Him, Father, God, and Lord ! 



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Ere repose our spirits seal; 
Sin and want we come confessing, 
Thou canst save and Thou canst heal. 

2 Though destruction walk around us, 

Though the arrows near us fly, 
Angel guards from Thee surround us, 
We are safe if Thou art nigh. 

3 Though the night be dark and dreary, 

Darkness cannot hide from Thee; 
Thou art He who, never weary, 
Watchest where Thy people be. 

4 Should swift death this night o'ertake us, 

And our couch become our tomb, 
May the morn in heaven awake us, 
Clad in bright and deathless bloom, 



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seek and save the lost, 



O Lord, 



with us a 



bide. 



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a 

the 



bide, 
lost, . 



O Lord, with us, with us a - 



bide. 



6 7 6 



151 



HYMNS. 



1 



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Come un - to Me when sbad-ows dark-ly gath - er, When the sad 



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com - fort from your Heaven-ly Fa - ther, Come un - to 







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dwell-ing, Glad are the homes that sor-rows nev - er dim; Sweet are the 



harps in ho-ly mu-sic swell-ing, Soft are the tones which raise the heaven-ly 




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flowers the earth too rude-ly pressed; Come unto Me, all ye that droop in 

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152 



HYMNS. 



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1. Al - might - y 

2. We ask not 



God, 
lion 



in hum - ble prayer To 
ors which an hour May 




-r 

Do Thou our wait - ing 
We ask not pleas - ure, 



Thee our souls we lift; 
bring or take a - way; 



We 
We 



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minds pre - pare For Thy most need - ful gift. We ask not 
pomp, nor power, Lest we should go a - stray. We ask for 

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ask not gold - en streams of wealth 
ask for wis - dom. Lord, im-part 




en streams of wealth A - long our path to 
dom. Lord, im-part The knowl-edge how to 




We ask not streams of wealth 
We ask for wis - dom. Lord, 








HYMNS. 

J J 11 


679 

j 


flow: - We 


H 

ask 


3=5- 

not un 


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cay - ing health, Nor 


live: A wise 


and un 


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un 
un 


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cay - . - - ing 
stand - - - ing 




length of years be - low. 
all be - fore Thee give. 

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We 
A 



ask not 
wise and 



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un 
un 



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health, 
heart, 



We ask not un - de - cay 
A wise and un - der-stand 



ing 
ing 



Nor length of 
To all be 



years 
fore 



be - low. 

Thee give. 





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cay - ing health, Nor length of years be - low. 

stand -ing heart To all be - fore Thee give. 

Nor length of years be - low^, 

To all be - fore Thee give. 



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be - low. 
Thee give. 



health, 
heart 



Nor length of 
To all be 



years 
fore 



68o HYMNS. 



153 






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t~i — f ' I ' ? r 

The Lord God Je - sus Christ doth reign, This Gos-pel 



The Lord God Je - sus Christ doth reign, This Gos-pel 



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HYMNS. 



68 1 



p Cres. 
H 



doth the Word pro - claim; 



His king-dom on this 

m 



doth the Word pro-claim; 



His king-dom on this 



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rock se - cure, A - ges of a - ges 



shall en -dure. 



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682 HYMNS. 

154 

Andante moderate. ^—84. 



Voice^ or voices in unison. 




Con 8vi 



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bow in ut - ter need and tnor-tal weak - ness, 



O Lord, my 



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68 3 



tf 

aid to v 


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meek - ness 


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fill 

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life 
Jnr- 


that 
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leads to Thee a - 


lone. 

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I fain would 

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say, Thy 

bo co ere. 


will 1 


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HYMNS. 




poco accel. 



V ' * ' « 

and in Thy strength confide. 



will, 



O help me 

boco accel. 



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f a tempo primo. 



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sail 



with hate 



and scorn; 



Sal - va - tion comes of 



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y <2 tempo primo. 



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686 


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HYMNS 
1 poco rail. a 
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tempo. 




ta 


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leav'nly faith is 

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born. 

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3 



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pa-tient, O my soul, 



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the joy of heav - en 

r t-*r 



m 




HYMNS. 687 



poco animato. 




i *= 


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faith - ful un - to 

dkk 1 1 1 1 — 




death — 

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m 

His 


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r— I -1 ! -i - 

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poco animato. 

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155 







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2. Look from the h 

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eight of h 


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sav'n and send to c 

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"eat - ing 
heer us 1 


m m 

Be - fore the 
A hy light and 

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1. Now when the c 

2. Look from the t 


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leight of h 


ades of night re-t 
eav'n and send to 

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reat - ing 
^heer us 

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Be - fore the 
Thy light and 


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sun's red ban - ner swift-ly flee, And all the world its 

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sun's red 
truth to g 


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lee, i 
still. S 

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Ind all the 
>tiU let Thy 


world its 
mer - cy 




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-v — v — v — v— 


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And all the 
Still let Thy 


world, 
mer - cy 








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HYMNS. 



689 



— — * — 0— i— 

wel come light is greet - ing. 
as of old be near us, 



O Lord, we 
And lead us 



lift 

safe 



our 

iy 



m 



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wel-come light is greet - ing, 
as of old be near us, 



O Lord, we 
And lead us 



lift 
safe 



our 

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m 



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And all the world is 
Still let Thy mer - cy 



lift - ing 
lead us 



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thauk-ful hearts to Thee, To Thee whose Word the fount of life un- 
to Thy ho - ly hill. And when the morn of end-less light is 



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thank-ful hearts to Thee, 
to Thy ho - ly hill. 



the 
of 



thank-ful hearts to Thee, 
to Thy ho - ly hill. 




To Thee whose Word 
And when the morn 



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i 



690 



HYMNS. 



1? — — r v 



seal-ing, 
wak-ing, 



When hill and dale 
And shades of e - vil 



in thick - est dark-ness 
from its splen-dors 




fount of life un 
end - less light is 



m 



seal-ing, 
wak-ing, 



in thick - est dark-ness 
from its splen-dors 




Zffc 



lay, 
flee, 



A - woke bright rays 
Safe may we rise, 



a - cross the dim earth 
the earth's dark breast for- 



A - woke bright rays 
Safe may we rise, 



a - cross the dim earth 
the earth's dark breast for- 















V — V 






® 



lay, 
flee, 



A- woke bright rays, 
Safe may we rise, 



A - woke bright 
Safe may we 



1 




HYMNS. 



69I 









1 P*^ -0* r 


1 

1 1 








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steal - ing, And bade the eve and morn com-plete the day. 
sak - ing, Through ail the long bright day to dwell with (Omit.) 



SEE 



3 



steal - ing, And bade the eve and morn com-plete the day. 
sak - ing, Through all the long bright day to dwell with (Omit.) 




























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rise 


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>afe may we 


rise 


to dwell with 


Thee, A 


men. 


A - t 

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Thee. Safe may we 


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rise to dwell with Thee, A-men, 


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HYMNS. 



pi 



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1. J>ad 

2. Lead 



us, O Fa 
us, O Fa 



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ther, in the paths of peace; With-out Thy 
ther, iu the paths of light; Blind -ly we 



m 



1. Lead 

2. Lead 



us, O Fa 
us, O Fa 



ther, in the paths of peace; With-out Thy 
ther, in the paths of right; Blind - ly we 





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mm 



♦ . ♦ -g)h k 

guid-ing hand we go a-stray, And doubts ap-pal, and sor-rows still in- 
stum-ble when we walk a-lone, Fn-wrapt in shad-ows of a dark-some 



h — h — hr 



-g — w — w 



-p — e- 



* — w 

guid-ing hand we go a-stray, And doubts ap-pal, and sor-rows still in- 
stum-ble when we walk a-lone, En-wrapt in shad ows of a dark-some 



G*J3;M * — K — N — N- 








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tr it *■ t i. j $ ^ j. * 5 * 

crease; Lead in Thy light, Thou true and liv-ing Way. Lead us, O 

night; On - ly with Thee wejour-ney safe-ly on. Lead us, O 



crease; Lead in Thy light, Thou true and liv-ing Way. Lead us, O 
night; On - ly with Thee wejour-ney safe ly on. Lead us, O 




Ok 



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Fa-ther,in the paths of truth; Un-helped by Thee, in er-ror'smaze we 
Fa-ther,toThy heav'n-ly rest, How-ev-er rough and steep the path may 



15 



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Fa-ther,in the paths of truth; Un-helped by Thee. in er-ror's maze we 
Fa-ther, to Thy heav'n-ly rest, How-ev-er rough and steep the path may 



site 



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6 9 4 



HYMNS. 




f 




grope; 



V % I }{S * S S 

While pas - sion stains and fol - ly dims our 
Thro' joy and sor - row, as Thou deem - est 



grope; 
be; 



While pas - sion stains and fol - ly dims our 
Thro' joy and sor - row, as Thou deem - est 



us 



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youth, And age comes on un-cheered by faith and hope, 
best, Un - til our lives are per-fect-ed in Thee. 



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youth, 
best, 



And age comes on un-cheered by faith and hope. 
Un - til our lives are per - fect-ed in Thee. 



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lift 



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right - eous to fall; 



He 

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3 



at thy right hand. Thy 



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mer - cy, Lord, is great, 



and 



far a - bove the heavens. Let 





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that wait up - on Thee. 



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6 9 6 



158 



HYMNS. 



3 



1=1- 



soul! An - gel 
length, though life 



9 — ^ 

ic songs are swell - ing, O'er 
be long and drear - y, The 



1. Hark, hark, 
3. Rest comes 




my 
at 



3 



3=^ 



1. Hark, hark, 
3. Rest comes 



my 
at 



soul ! An - gel - ic songs are swell - ing, 
length, though life be long and drear - y, 



O'er 
The 



rk, hark, my 
st comes at 



1. Hai 

3. Rest comes 



soul ! An - gel - ic songs are swell - ing 
length, though life be long and drear - y, 



3 



O'er 
The 



m 



1. Hark, hark, 
3. Rest comes 



my 
at 



soul! An - gel - ic songs are swell - ing, 
length, though life be long and drear - y, 



O'er 
The 



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earth's green fields. 

day must dawn, 



and o - cean's wave-beat shore, 
and dark-some night be past; 



How 
Faith's 



3? 



earth's 
day 



green fields and o - cean's wave 
must dawn, and dark-some night 

! — 



beat shore, 
be past; 



How 
Faith's 



mm. 



4=4 



earth's green fields, 
day must dawn, 



and o - cean's wave 
and dark-some night 



beat 
be 



shore, 
past; 



m 



earth's 
day 



green fields 
must dawn, 



and o-cean's wave-beat shore, 
and dark-some night be past; 



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HYMNS. 



6 97 



^ sweet 


J— 

the 


: 1 1 1 U 

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word those bless -ed 


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strains 


m 

are 


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tell - 


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jour 


ney 


ends in wel-come 


to 


the 


wea - 


ry, 


And 



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-j v v y 



sweet the 
jour - ney 



word 
ends 



those 
in 



bless - ed strains 
wel - come to 



are 
the 



tell -ing Of 
wea - ry, And 



i 



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How sweet the word those bless - ed strains 
Faith's jour-ney ends in wel - come to 



are 
the 



tell - ing 
wea - ry, 



How sweet the word those bless-ed strains 
Faith's jour-ney ends in wel-come to 



are 
the 



tell - ing Of 
wea - ry, And 



4=t 



3= 



that 
heav'n, 



new 
the 



life... 
heart's. 



when sin shall be no more, 
true home, will come at last. 



ZZ3L 



that new life when sin 
heav'n, the heart's true home, 



shall be 
will come 



no 
at 



more, 
last. 



Of that new life when sin shall 
And heav'n, the heart's true home, will 



be 

come 



no 
at 



more, 
last. 





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that 
heav'n, 



new 
the 



life 
heart's 



when sin shall be no 
true home, will come at 



more, 
last. 



m 



6 9 8 



HYMNS. 



m 



Chorus. 



An - gels of mer - cy, an - gels of light, 



Sing - ing to 



m 



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An - gels of mer - cy, an - gels of light, 



Sing - ing to 



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An - - - gels of mer - cy, an - gels of light, 



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An - gels of light. 



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wel - come, to wel - come the pil-grims, the pil • grims of night. 



w 

night. 



wel - come, to wel 



come the pil-grims, the pil - grims of 



wel - come, 
— I 



wel 



come the pil - grims of night. 



3 



Sing - ing to wel - come the pil - grims of night. 

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-0- 



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2. Far, far 
4. Sing on, 



a 
sim 



way, 
on, 



like bells at even 
your faith - ful watch 



ing 

es 



peal 
keep 



"iff. 
iner, 



The 

Sing 



2. Far, far 
4. Sing on, 



sing 



way, 
on, 



like bells at even 
your faith - ful watch 



-ing 
■ es 



peal 

keep 



ing, The 
ing, Sing 





























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2. Far, far 
4. Sing on, 



a 
sins 



way, 
on, 



like bells at even- ing peal - ing, 
th - ful watch - es 



The 
Sing 



m 



2. Far, far 
4. Sing on, 



a 

sing 



way, like bells at even - ing peal - ing, 
on, your faith - ful watch - es keep - ing, 



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160 



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1. The sun-shine to the flow'r may give The tints that charm the sight, 

2. He who each bit - ter cup re-jects, No liv-ing spring shall quaff; 



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He whom Thy rod in love cor-rects, Shall lean up -on Thy staff; 

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HYMNS. 



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ev - er whole, A nev - er - ebb - ing sea, 
vine, and show How wide and far we stray, 



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fess Thy name, All otli 
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on - ly know-eth whence it came, And com - pre-hend-eth 
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whence it came, And com - pre-hend-eth 

brood - ing all, K - ter - nal Ivove, re- 




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bri-dal of na - tions, 
bu-gles of bat - tie; 



reach 
sing 
blow. 



out from all 
cho-rals of 
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lands, 
love ! 
peace ! 



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ture, Ring in the dove; 
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Till hearts of the peo - pie keep time in ac - cord, 
Sing songs of great joy that the an - gels be - gan; 



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HYMNS. 



Sing songs of the an - gels when Je - sus was born ! 
Till voice of the world is the voice of the Iyord; 
Sing - glo - ry to God, sing good will un - to man, 




With glad ju - bi - la - tions, Bring hope to the na - tions, 
Clasp hands of all na- tions In strong grat-u - la - tions, 
Hark ! join-ing in cho - rus, The heav-ens bend o'er us, 




The dark night is end - ing, And dawn has be - gun. 
The dark night is end - ing, And dawn has be -gun. 
The dark night is end - ing, And dawn has be -gun. 




HYMNS. 



715 










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HYMNS. 



164 




1. There's not a bird with lone-ly nest, In path-less wood or 

2. Bach barren crag, each desert rude, Holds Thee within its 

3. In bus - y mart or crowded street, No less than in the 

4. And ev- ' ry moment still doth bring Thy blessings on its 




1. There's not a bird with lonely nest, In path - less 

2. Kach bar-ren crag, each des-ert rude, Holds Thee with- 

3. In bus-y mart or crowded street, No less than 

4. And ev-'ry mo - ment still doth bring Thy bless - ings 




1. There's not a bird with lone-ly nest, In path-less wood or 

2. Bach bar-ren crag, each des-ert rude, Holds Thee within its 

3. In bus-y mart or crowded street, No less than in the 

4. And ev-'ry mo - ment still doth bring Thy blessings on its 







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3. In bus-y mart or crowd - ed street, As in the 

4. And ev-'ry mo - ment still doth bring Thy blessings 







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tain crest, Nor mean - er thing, that does not share, O 

i-tude; And Thou dost bless the wan-d'rer there, Who 

re-treat, Thou, Iyord, art near, our souls to bless, With 

ed wing; Wide-ly they spread thro' earth and sky, And 



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wood or mountain crest, Nor mean 
in its sol-i-tude ; And Thou 
in the still retreat, Thou, I,ord, 
on its loaded wing; Wide-ly 



er thing, that 
dost bless the 
art near, our 
they spread thro' 



does not share, O 
wand'rer there, Who 
souls to bless, With 
earth and sky, And 



moun-tain crest, 
sol - i - tude; 
still re - treat, 
load - ed wing; 



Nor meaner thing, O 
And Thou dost bless the 
Thou, Ivord, art near, our 
Wide-ly they spread thro' 



Ivord, 
wan 
souls, 
earth. 



moun-tain crest, Nor meaner thing, that does not share, O 

sol - i - tude; And Thou dost bless the wand'rer there, Who 

still re - treat, Thou, Iyord, art near, our souls to bless, With 

on its wing; Wide-ly they spread thro' earth and sky, And 




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HYMNS. 



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Lord, in Thy pa - ter-nal care, in Thy pa - ter-nal care, 
makes his sol - i - tar-y prayer, his sol - i - tar - y prayer, 
all a par-ent's ten-der-ness, a par-ent's ten-der-ness. 
last thro' all e - ter - ni - ty, thro' all e - ter - ni - ty. 



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2. Iyift up your heads, re - joice ! Re -demp-tion draw-eth nigh; 

3. Iyift up your heads, re - joice ! Re -demp-tion draw-eth nigh; 

4. He comes, the world to rule, His king-dom to de - fend, 




Now breathes a soft-er air, Now shines a mild - er sky. 

Now mount the la - den clouds, Now flames the dark'ning sky. 

O note the vary-ing signs Of earth and air and sky ! 

New glad-ness to be - gin, And an-cient wrong to end. 



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And to the wait - ing earth The hid - den thun-ders call. 

To com-fort and re - buke, To sue - cor and to smite. 

Lift up your heads, re - joice ! Re - demp-tion draw - eth nigh. 




HYMNS. 



721 





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ANTHEMS. 




GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST. 

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Glo - ry, Glo - ry to God in the high -est; 



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UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN. 





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728 



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THOU WIIT SHOW MK THK PATH OF UFK. 



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729 



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5 WORTHY IS THE LAMB. 



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733 



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735 





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736 



ANTHEMS. 



1 THERE IS JOY IN THE PRESENCE OF THE ANGELS. 
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737 



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739 




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741 

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ANTHEMS. 



8 O SING TO GOD YOUR HYMNS OF GLADNESS. 



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743 




born, is born this day. Then pierce the sky with songs of 



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born, is born this day, O sing to God your hymns of glad- 



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745 



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ANTHEMS. 




Coda. Solo Soprano. 

O Word of God, for us in-car-nate, 



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747 



car-nate, We hear Thy bless-ed an - gels sing", Thy bless - ed 




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748 



ANTHKMS. 



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of praise to Thee, their King. 



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749 



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PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM. 



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THE SANCTUS. 




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769 









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INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Adoration. 

Prayers. 21, 111, 162, 179, 203. 
See Lord, Praise, Worship. 

Advent. 

Psalter. 33, 42, 44, 56, 64, 65, 66, 69, 71. 
Prayers. 51, 56, 60, 72, 127, 128, 159, 177, 179, 192, 193. 
Chants. 20, 22, 25, 48, 57, 69, 79, 80, 81, 82, 85, 86. 
Hymns. 11, 34, 68, 74, 77, 78, 79, 87, 96, 123, 133, 136, 138, 162, 
163, 165. 
See Evangelization, Praise. 

Anxiety. 

Prayers. 20, 84, 137. 
See Content, Providence, Submission. 

Care. See Anxiety. 

Charity. 

Psalter. 6, 49. 

Prayers. 43, 57, 60, 67, 68, 72, 75, 83, 98, 103, 121, 122, 136, 157, 183. 
Chants. 54, 55. 
See Commandments, Mercy, Regeneration. 

Childhood. 

Prayers. 125, 197. 
Hymns. 20, 122, 146. 
See Gentiles. 

Church. 

Psalter. 6, 10, 28, 34, 37, 40, 42, 54, 55, 64, 69, 70. 

Prayers. 45, 54, 67, 69, 86, 93, 96, 97, 115, 119, 131, 154, 164, 165, 

170, 187, 190, 199, 200. 
Chants. 11, 15, 23, 27, 41, 45, 50, 62, 70, 75, 77, 83, 85, 93, 98, 100. 
Hymns. 25, 27, 36, 38, 45, 53, 54, 58, 108, 110, 117, 122, 124, 147, 

153, 163. 
See Gentiles. 

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782 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Combat. 

Psalter. 2, 3, 22, 24, 30, 52, 60, 75. 

Prayers. 82, 132, 134, 155, 170, 171, 181, 184, 188. 

Chants. 14, 40, 43. 

Hymns. 8, 31, 58, 67, 86, 120, 138, 154. 
See Redemption, Shun, Temptation, Victory. 

Commandments . 

Psalter. 7, 48, 52. 

Prayers. 2, 5, 11, 14, 25, 26, 28, 34, 35, 46, 66, 78, 80, 83, 92, 103, 106, 

107, 124, 130, 131. 
Chants. 28, 33, 38, 65, 73, 76, 88, 89. 
See Law, Regeneration. 

Confession of Sin. 

Prayers. 34, 57, 58, 64, 78, 79, 94, 102, 104, 105, 112, 113, 117, 120, 

141, 143, 144, 147, 148, 153, 157, 161, 175, 195, 207. 
Hymns. 51, 56, 62, 92, 120, 149, 150. 
See Repentance. 

Conjugiai, Love. See Conjunction, Marriage. 

Conjunction. 

Psalter. 67, 68, 69. 
Prayers. 50, 174. 
Chants. 15, 32, 37, 51, 54, 80, 83. 
Hymns. 1, 17, 20, 70, 81, 109, 125. 
See Church, Eternal Life, Heaven, Salvation. 

Consolation. 

Hymns. 16, 19, 105, 151, 160. 
See Hope, Peace, Temptation, Victory. 

Content. 

Prayers. 49, 91, 105. 
See Providence, Submission. 

Contrition. See Confession of Sin, Repentance. 

Country. 

Prayers. 47, 198, 201. 
See Kingdom of the Lord, Thanksgiving. 

Creation. 

Psalter. 5, 7, 14, 45, 46, 57, 72. 
Prayers. 76, 95, 96, 111, 193, 194. 
Chants. 19, 30, 53, 56, 59, 63, 72. 

Hymns. 32, 37, 40, 44, 48, 49, 63, 73, 80, 100, 110, 116, 121, 132, 140, 
144, 145, 148, 155. 
See Divine Truth, Word. 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



783 



Death. 

Hymns. 60, 75, 119. 
See Eternal Life, Heaven. 

Deliver. 

Prayers. 48, 61, 101, 108, 124, 134, 147, 161, 181. 
See Freedom, Redemption. 

Despair. See Consolatiofi, Hope, Temptation, Victory. 

Divine Human. See Glorification, Lord. 

Divine Love. 

Prayers. 33, 54, 60, 74, 92, 122, 136, 153. 

Hymns. 1, 30, 32, 44, 48, 59, 76, 83, 88, 92, 102, 104, 123, 134, 135, 
143, 147, 161. 
See Mercy. 

Divine Truth. 

Psalter. 7, 11, 45, 46, 57, 59, 72. 
Chants. 4, 16, 18, 29, 30, 72, 85, 86. 
Hymns. 106, 113, 147, 161. 
See Truth, Word. 

Doctrine. 

Psalter. 54. 

Chants. 23, 29, 48, 50, 70. 
Hymns. 58, 64, 124. 
See Divine Truth, Faith, Truth, Word. 

Eneighten. 

Prayers. 9, 16, 27, 45, 58. 
See Light, Word. 

Eternae IvIFE. 

Prayers. 8, 35, 49, 52, 56, 125, 186. 
Chants. 77. 
See Heaven, Salvation. 

E VA NGEEIZATIO N . 

Psalter. 29, 31, 69, 70. 
Prayers. 154, 187, 190. 
Chants. 29," 35, 37, 71, 75, 102. 

Hymns. 11, 26, 34, 58, 74, 78, 96, 108, 113, 124, 133, 136, 147, 153, 
162, 163. 
See Advent, Church, Gentiles. 



7S4 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Faith. 

Psalter. 5, S, 15, 16, 21, 25, 24, 4S, 50, 53, 74. 
Prayers. 7, 72, 9S. 17S. 
Chants. 1, S, 25, 59, 84. 

Hymns. 9, 59, 45, 52, 57, 58, 71, 76, 154, 155, 157, 147, 154. 
See Light, Truth. 

Forgiveness. 

Prayers. 45, 92, 121, 1S6. 
See Mercy, Supplication, 

Freedom. 

Prayers. 59, 85, 101, 1S6, 196. 
Hymns. 91, 10S, 117. 
See Deliver, Redemption, Victory, 

Gentiles. 

Psalter. 64, 65, 67, 69. 
Prayers. 1S7. 

Chants. 54, 48, 57, 67, 71, 85, 92, 96. 
Hymns. 122. 
See Church, Evangelization. 

Gladness. See Praise. 

Glorification. 

Psalter. 5, 12, 24, 56. 
Prayers. 55, 96. 
Chants. 2, 4, S, 17, IS, 24, 31. 
See Lord. 

Government. See Kingdom of the Lord. 

Heaven. 

Psalter. 9, 37, 45, 64. 
Prayers. 52, 75, 126, 155, 146. 
Chants. 2, 5, 60, 65, 72. 

Hymns. 14, 16, 17, 19, 27, 53, 52, 65, 75, SS, 114, 119, 128, 146, 151, 
154. 155, 15S. 
See Church, Eternal Life, Salvation. 

Help. 

Prayers. SO, 104, 129, 152, 154, 140, 147, 172, 174. 
See Supplication. 

Holy Spirit. 

Prayers. 14, 15, 16, 5S, 54, 55, 77, S9, 94, 106 ; 126, 156, 175, 179. 
Hymns. 147. 

See Divine Truth. Truth. Word. 



INDKX OF SUBJECTS. 



Holy Supper. 

Prayers. 18, 88, 125. 
Hymns. 3, 91. 
See Regeneration, Repentance, Worship. 

Hope. 

Hymns. 23, 46, 63. 
See Consolation, Redemption, Temptation, Victory. 

Humiliation. 

Psalter. 3, 4, 20, 24, 38, 75. 

Prayers. 162, 203. 

Chants. 14, 40, 65, 95. 

Hymns. 39, 56, 62, 120, 154, 160. 

See Combat, Confession of Sin, Temptation. 
Illustration. See Enlighten, Light. 
Intelligence. See Doctrine, Faith, Truth. 

Invitation. 

Hymns. 16, 65, 151. 

Joy. See Praise. 

Judgment. 

Psalter. 1, 3, 11, 18, 21, 27, 33, 34, 36, 44, 60, 71, 72, 74. 
Chants. 11, 17, 20, 22, 66, 78, 81, 86. 
Hymns. 33, 71, 86. 
See Deliver, Redemption, Victory. 

Kingdom oe the Lord. 
Psalter. 19, 32, 63. 
Chants. 13, 18, 25, 35, 56, 57, 60. 
Hymns. 5, 72, 96, 103, 122, 123, 130, 139, 165. 
See Church. 

Last Judgment. See fudgment. 

IyAW. 

Psalter. 1, 52, 64. 
See Commandments, Regeneration, Word. 

Leading. 

Prayers. 150, 185. 
See Providence. 

LlEE. 

Prayers. 6, 23, 32, 59, 61, 64, 140. 
Hymns. 152. 

See Commandments, Regeneration, Repentance, Shun. 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



IvIGHT. 

Prayers. 13, 17, 33, 36, 49, 74, 98, 202. 
Hymns. 37, 49, 106, 124, 130, 141, 155, 161. 
See Enlighten, Truth, Word. 

IvORD. 

Psalter. 10, 19, 32, 38, 41, 42, 43, 57, 60, 67, 72. 73. 
Prayers. 7, 12, 13, 21, 55, 56, 71, 109, 111, 114, 116, 144, 194. 
Chants. 19, 26, 27, 57, 59, 72, 78, 79, 80, 83, 91, 97, 100, 101. 
Hymns. 3, 7, 8, 32, 40, 41, 49, 51, 73, 74, 82, 85, 94, 97, 104, 106, 110, 
111, 126, 131, 138, 139, 142, 148, 153. 
See Praise. 

IvOVE. See Charity, Divine Love, Love to the Lord, Mercy. 

IvOVE TO THE IyORD. 

Psalter. 42, 49, 51, 55, 63. 
Prayers. 33, 46, 75, 98, 183. 
Chants. 5, 7, 38, 47, 94. 
See Lord. 

Marriage. 

Prayers. 174. 
Hymns. 66, 143. 
See Conjunction. 

Mercy. 

Psalter. 15, 20, 21, 24, 26, 27, 39, 57, 62, 67, 68, 75. 
Prayers. 41, 43, 60, 128, 129, 136, 138, 142, 153, 158. 
Chants. 4, 11, 35, 36, 41, 44, 52, 64, 72, 84, 87. 

Hymns. 15, 46, 51, 55, 62, 69, 93, 101, 113, 125, 127, 146, 155, 157, 159. 
See Supplication. 
Ministry. See Priesthood. 
Nature. See Creation. 
NEED. See Help. 
New Church. See Church. 

New Year. 

Prayers. 206. 

Obedience. 

Psalter. 52, 55. 
Prayers. 2, 4, 22, 26, 78, 106. 
Hymns. 126. 
See Commandments, Regeneration. 



INDEX OE SUBJECTS. 



787 



Omnipotence. 

Psalter. 11, 26, 31, 41, 47, 59, 63, 71, 72. 
Prayers. 28, 31, 36, 42, 77, 85, 95, 96, 109, 113. 
Chants. " 9, 16, 18, 19, 36, 46, 72, 83, 86, 98. 
Hymns. 2, 3, 5, 21, 59, 102, 117, 134. 
See Divine Truth. 

Omnipresence. 

Psalter. 7, 16, 18, 53, 59. 
Chants. 34, 68, 76, 97, 98. 
Hymns. 4, 12, 44, 49, 76, 135, 157, 159, 164. 
See Presence, Providence. 

Omniscience. 

Psalter. 1, 59. 

Prayers. 58, 113. 

Chants. 42, 64, 73. 

Hymns. 57, 76, 107, 134. 

Passion of the Cross. 
Psalter. 12. 
Chants. 95. 
See Combat, Redemption, Temptation. 

Patience. 

Prayers. 137, 191. 
Hymns. 56, 154. 

Peace. 

Hymns. 2, 42, 52, 53, 65, 90, 109, 114, 129, 134, 151, 156, 158. 
See Consolation. 

Power. 

Psalter. 26, 41. 

Prayers. 14, 23, 25, 57, 62, 66, 112. 
Chants. 39. 
Hymns. 116, 120. 
See Divine Truth, Omnipotence. 

Praise. 

Psalter. 14, 19, 24, 45, 46, 62, 63. 

Chants. 4, 6, 10, 13, 17, 21, 22, 24, 26, 30, 37, 45, 46, 49, 56, 58, 63, 72. 
Hymns. 5, 7, 8, 15, 29, 40, 41, 80, 82, 84, 93, 94, 95, 97, 98, 100, 103, 
111, 115, 116, 118, 121, 125, 130, 132, 139, 144, 148. 
See Worship. 
Prayer. See Supplication, Worship, 



788 



INDEX OE SUBJECTS. 



Presence. 

Prayers. 15, 39, 46, 79, 127, 139, 145, 149, 158, 177, 186. 
Hymns. 17, 28, 42, 50, 70, 141. 

See Omnipresence. 

Priesthood. 

Psalter. 47, 56. 
Prayers. 99, 154. 

See Church, Evangelization, Worship. 

Protection. See Faith, Providence. 

Providence. 

Psalter. 9, 15, 16, 17, 53, 54, 55, 57, 63, 74. 

Prayers. 20, 137, 147, 152, 157, 158, 185, 188, 191, 201, 202, 204, 206, 207. 
Chants. 35, 68, 94. 

Hymns. 9, 12, 22, 23, 28, 50, 55, 57, 59, 63, 72, 76, 81, 88, 89, 114, 129, 
134, 137, 149, 156, 157, 164. 
See Omnipresence, Submission. 

Redemption. 

Psalter. 8, 17, 23, 25, 29, 32, 35, 39, 57, 66, 67. 
Prayers. 37, 51, 60, 66, 110, 137, 179. 

Chants. 1, 36, 42, 44, 51, 52, 56, 61, 64, 79, 82, 90, 96, 97, 98, 101. 
Hymns. 2, 5, 6, 18, 19, 21, 22, 26, 29, 31, 86, 100, 102, 138, 142, 165. 
See Combat, Deliver, Judgment, Victory. 

Regeneration. 

Psalter. 1, 6, 10, 13, 17, 20, 40, 44, 52, 64, 71, 73, 74. 

Prayers. 1, 5, 28, 31, 36, 58, 68, 73, 90, 100, 103, 118, 133, 137, 145, 

146, 151, 167, 172, 173. 
Chants. 28, 32, 33, 38, 39, 55, 76, 77, 99. 

Hymns. 3, 13, 14, 20, 21, 43, 46, 47, 52, 59, 70, 89, 90, 106, 120, 127, 
129, 156, 158. 
See Redemption. 
Rejoice. See Praise. 

Repentance. 

Psalter. 6, 7, 10, 13, 17, 20, 44, 52, 68, 71, 73, 74, 75. 
Prayers. 19, 30, 39, 44, 61, 75, 104, 105, 110, 132, 139, 149, 152, 182. 
Chants. 19, 28, 33, 38, 55, 81, 88, 100. 
See Confession of Sin, Regeneration, Shun. 

REST. See Peace. 

Resurrection. 

Hymns. 60, 75, 149, 155, 158. 
See Eternal Life. Heaven. 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



789 



Salvation. 

Psalter. 1, 2, 8, 26. 
Chants. 11, 58, 78, 97. 
See Heaven, Redemption. 

Second Coming. 

Prayers. 67, 76, 86, 115, 131, 135, 156, 176, 190, 200. 
Hymns. 26, 98. 
See Advent. 

Shun. 

Prayers. 16, 24, 95, 113, 137, 166, 169, 188. 
See Regeneration, Repentance. 

Sickness. 

Prayers. 70. 

Simpee. See Gentiles. 

Submission. 

Prayers. 101, 108, 147, 175, 176. 

Hymns. 4, 24, 39, 43, 99, 134, 137, 152, 160. 
See Providence. 

Supplication. 

Psalter. 2, 3, 4, 12, 30, 38, 61, 73. 

Prayers. 1, 9, 41, 52, 65, 82, 88, 107, 120, 123, 143, 157, 185, 196. 
Chants. 12, 14, 43, 52, 87. 

Hymns. 2, 10, 35, 53, 56, 61, 62, 81, 88, 92, 120, 129, 131, 135, 150, 152. 
See Mercy, Worship. 
Teaching. See Doctrine, Evangelization. 

Temptation. 

Psalter. 2, 4, 12, 13, 23, 38, 51, 52, 61, 75. 
Prayers. 40, 42, 48, 52, 65, 72, 100, 124, 152, 153. 
Chants. 12, 40, 43, 44, 80, 90. 

Hymns. 2, 6, 14, 16, 18, 35, 46, 47, 56, 59, 71, 89, 90, 92, 105, 107, 129, 
150, 154, 160. 
See Combat, Humiliation. 

Thanksgiving. 

Psalter. 28, 57. 
Prayers. 87, 116, 201, 205. 
Hymns. 30, 84, 115, 145. 
See Praise. 



Trust. See Faith. 



79° 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Truth. 

Prayers. 3, 10, 27, 33, 46, 54, 62, 84, 118, 150, 180, 197. 
Chants. 4, 23, 36, 59, 87. 
Hymns. 152, 155, 156. 
See Divine Ti'uth, Light, Word. 
Understanding. See Doctrine, Faith, Truth. 

Unity of God. 

Chants. 27, 97. 
Hymns. 15, 41, 85, 100. 
See Lord. 

Use. 

Prayers. 37, 90, 118, 137, 178, 197, 207. 
See Works. 

Victory. 

Psalter. 2, 4, 19, 22, 29, 30, 31, 47. 

Prayers. 42, 82, 132, 152. 

Chants. 9, 13, 43, 66, 78. 

Hymns. 38, 51, 86, 95, 117, 130, 142. 
See Praise, Redemption. 
Wisdom. See Doctrine, Faith, Truth. 
Word. 

Psalter. 1, 10, 14, 23, 29, 52, 64, 68. 

Prayers. 4, 6, 11, 12, 15, 16, 22, 26, 44, 63, 64, 76, 86, 89, 95, 98, 124. 

126, 135, 173, 180, 192. 
Chants. 25, 28, 33, 36, 37, 38, 48, 49, 60, 63, 65, 73, 88, 89, 91, 92. 
Hymns. 36, 45, 64, 67, 69, 82, 91, 112, 113, 124, 140, 145, 155, 158. 
See Divine Truth. 

Works. 

Psalter. 1, 5, 62, 63. 
Prayers. 29, 33, 60, 61, 98, 177. 
Chants. 9, 17, 35, 37, 51. 
See Regeneration, Use. 

Worship. 

Psalter. 8, 20, 22, 23, 28, 37, 43, 50, 51, 56. 
Prayers. 5, 23, 35, 62, 71, 77, 116, 163, 183, 203. 
Chants. 7, 8, 9, 14, 19, 36, 53, 55, 59, 74, 84, 93, 100. 
Hymns. 1, 7, 55, 77, 99, 104, 115, 126, 133, 141, 144, 149. 
See Praise, Supplication. 



INDEX OF THE CHANTS. 



First I^ines. 


Number, 








485 


Although the fig tree shall not blossom 


99 


495 


And he shewed me that great city ..... 


50 


ACC 

466 


And in that day thou shalt say . 


CO 

OO 


A 7 1 

4/1 


And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts . 


91 


a on 
490 


And I will give them one heart . ... 


32 


456 


And now thus saith the Lord, thy Creator, Jacob 


9/ 


AQA 

4^4 


Arise, shine, for thy light is come . . 


o c 

©5 


A QC 

486 


Behold., bless ye tne Lord . ... 


05 


A 

4uo 


Behold, how good and how pleasant it is 


K.A 




Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men . . . 


on 
80 


AQ1 

483 


Be Thou exalted, God, above the heavens 


A 

4 


A A A 

440 


Blessed are the perfect in the way ..... 


1 1 

55 


A C7 
4o/ 


Blessed be the Lord God of Israel . . . . 


o o 
oC 


A OA 

4o4 


Bless the Lord, house of Israel . . . . - . 


7 A 

/4 


A QA 

4o0 


Bless the Lord, U my soul . . 


Ol 


A 7 1 
4/ 5 


Come, and let us return unto the Lord 


77 


A9.7 
H-OC 


Fear thou not, my servant Jacob . 


XA 


10/ 


For it is good to sing praise unto our God 


A 1 

4Z 


AC") 

46Z 


Get thee up into the high mountains . . 




A Q1 
4ol 


Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak 


29 


A CA 

454 


Give ear to my prayer, O God ..... 


1 o 

1Z 


AAA 

444 


Give ear to my words, O Lord . - . . . . 


1 A 

14 


A A C 

446 


Give unto the Lord, ye families of the people . 




A CA 
4O0 


God be merciful unto us, and bless us . . . 


1 A 


A A 1 
44o 


Hear my cry, God; hearken to my prayer 


Q 

o 


A A 
44£ 




■JO 


A £A 
4o0 


How beautiful upon the mountains . . . . 


10Z 


AQQ 
4?8 


T pvi An /"viit" t~\ t ttiv o "HH 1 oti 1~nA T jnfn 

j. cricu. uuL ul my cHiiicnuii iu inc xyLUU: . . . . 


43 


462 


I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains . : . 


68 


477 


In my distress I cried unto the Lord . . 


. 40 


461 


In that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book . 


48 


465 


In Thee, Lord, do I put my trust . . '. 


1 


438 


I saw in the night visions . • . . 


25 


452 


It is good to give thanks unto the Lord .... 


. " f 7 [ v -' 


448 


I was glad when they said unto me . . . . 


93 


492 


I will hear what God the Lord will speak 


. 15 


446 


I will praise the Lord with my- whole heart . 


51 


467 



(791) 



792 



INDEX OF THE CHANTS. 



First Lines. 


Number. 


Page. 


Iyet the heavens and earth praise Him 


5 


440 


L/et the saints rejoice in glory . . . . 


66 


476 




. . 62 


473 




70 


478 


Ivord, Thou hast been favorable to Thy land . 


. . 11 


444 


Make a joyful noise unto God, all the earth 


9 


442 


Make a joyful noise unto the L,ord, all the earth 


. 22 


451 


Make a joyful noise unto the I^ord, all the earth . 


59 


472 


My soul cleaveth unto the dust .... 


. 65 


475 




101 


497 


Now is come salvation and strength 


. 78 


482 


Now let Thy servant, L/ord, depart in peace 


i dMa girlfe wo 


477 




. 13 


445 


O come, let us sing unto the I^ord . . . . 


19 


449 


give thanks unto the I^ord; call upon His name . 


. 37 


459 


O give thanks unto the L/ord, for He is good 


44 


463 


O give thanks unto the I^ord; for He is good . 


. 72 


479 


O give thanks unto the I/ord, for He is good 




486 


O God, my heart is fixed ...... 


XfnoJ 9ri24jd Jb 


452 




73 


480 


Oh, that Thou wouldest rend the heavens 


. 81 


484 


O L/ord, I have heard Thy speech, and was afraid 


86 


487 


O L/ord, teach me Thy way . 


. 87 


488 


One thing have I desired of the Lord .... 


2 


439 




6 


441 


O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest .... 


90 


490 


Out of the deeps have I cried unto Thee, O I/ord 


. 52 


468 


Praise God in His sanctuary . . . . , . 


46 


464 


Praise, O ye servants of the L/ord .... 


)..bioa9i£6oin 


453 


Praise the I^ord from the earth . . 


30 


455 




, 63 


474 




ft nt.i9wofi6tto 


470 




45 


464 






450 




67 


476 


Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving . ... 


49 


466 


The earth is the I/ord's, and the fulness thereof 


. 100 


496 


The I/ord hath established His throne in the heavens . 


60 


472 


The l/ord is gracious and merciful . 


. 35 


458 


The Ivord is merciful and gracious .... 


64 


474 




. 76 


481 


The L/ord reign eth, He is clothed with majesty . 




448 




. 94 


492 



INDEX OF THE CHANTS. 



793 



First IyiNES. Number. Page. 

The people that walked in darkness 57 470 

Therefore will I save my flock 27 453 

Therefore will the I^ord wait 41 461 

The remnant of Israel shall feed and lie down ... 98 495 

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree ... 3 439 

The Spirit of the L/ord Jehovih is upon me . . . .71 478 

The stone which the builders rejected ..... 31 456 

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb 47 465 

Thou art my portion, O Lord . . . . . . 28 454 

Thy testimonies are wonderful . . . ■ . . . .38 460 

Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary 16 447 

Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet - . 89 489 

Unto Him that loved us 79 483 

We have a strong city .23 451 

What shall I render unto the Lord 7 441 

When the I^ord brought back the captivity of Zion ... 96 494 

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none . 92 491 

Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way ... 88 488 

Wherewith shall I come before the Iyord .... 55 469 

Who hath believed our report . 95 493 

With my whole heart will I praise Thee .... 36 458 

TK DOMINUM 499 



SOURCES AND COMPOSERS. 



Chant. 


Source of the Words. 


Composer of the Music. 


1 


Psalm 31: 1-8 . 


. Arranged by J. R. Phelps . 


2 


Psalm 27: 4^7 . 


J. P. Stuart . 


3 


Psalm 92: 12-15 . . . 


. R. W. Dixon . . 


4 


Psalm 57: 5-11 . 


W. Small wood 


5 


Psalm 69: 34-36 


. John Goss . . . 


6 


Psalm 96: 1-6 . 


From a Gregorian w 


7 


Psalm 116: 12-19 . . . 


. Thomas Attwood 


8 


Psalm 61 ... 


Fitzherbert . . . . 


9 


Psalm 66 .... 


. Randall 


10 


Psalm 67 ; 


J. P. Stuart . . . . 


11 


Psalm 85: 1-7 


. Anonymous . . . . 


12 


Psalm 55: 1-8 . 


J. R. Phelps . . 


13 


Psalm 47 . . . 


. J. P. Stuart . 


14 


Psalm 5: 1-8 


Arranged from George J. Webb. 


15 


Psalm 85: 8-13 


. Joseph Barnby .... 


16 


Psalm 77: 13-20 . 


George J. Webb 


17 


Psalm 92: 1-8 . 


. J. P. Stuart . . . . 



794 



INDEX OF THE CHANTS. 



Chant. Source of the Words. Composer of the Music. 

18 Psalm 93 . . . . . J. P. Stuart . 

19 Psalm 95: 1-8 . . . . Lord Mornington 

20 Psalm 96: 7-13 .... Unknown . 

21 Psalm 149: 1-4 .... John Robinson . 

22 Psalm 98: 4-9 . . . . George J. Webb . 

23 Isaiah 26: 1-4 . . . . G. Nelson Smith 

24 Psalm 108: 1-6 . . . ■ . Joseph Barnby 

25 Daniel 7: 13, 14 .... James Shaw 

26 Psalm 113: 1-6 . . . • . < Crotch 

27 Kzekiel 34: 22-24 . . . L,. T. Downes . 

28 Psalm 119: 57-64 ... A. Shaw 

29 Deuteronomy 32: 1-4 . . . Thomas S. Dupuis . 

30 Psalm 148: 7-14 . . . . George J. Webb . 

31 Psalm 118: 22-29 . . . . G. Heathcote . 

32 Kzekiel 11: 19, 20 . . . Joseph Robinson . 

33 Psalm 119: 1-6 .... Pratt . . . . 

34 Jeremiah 46: 27, 28 . . . C. J. Whittington . 

35 Psalm 145: 8-13 . . . . Crotch .... 

36 Psalm 138 . . . . . J. P. Stuart . 

37 Psalm 105: 1-8 ... . J.P.Stuart 

38 Psalm 119: 129-134 . . . George J. Webb . . . 

39 Isaiah 40: 29-31 . . . . W. Smallwood . 

40 Psalm 120 Joseph Barnby 

41 Isaiah 30: 18, 19 . . . . K. J. Pye . 

42 Psalm 147: 1-6 .... George J. Blvey . 

43 Jonah 2: 2-9 ..... George J. Webb 

44 Psalm 107: 1-8 .... J. Walch . . 

45 Psalm 135: 1-6 . . . Henley .... 

46 Psalm 150 Anonymous .... 

47 Isaiah 11: 6-9 .... W. H. Havergal 

48 Isaiah 29: 18-24 . . . . F. A. G. Ouseley . 

49 Psalm 147: 7-11 .... J.R.Phelps . 4 . 

50 Revelation 21: 10, 23. 22:3 . George J. Webb . 

51 Psalm 111: 1-8 . . . .J. H. Cornell . 

52 Psalm 130 Gregorian .... 

53 Psalm 134 Centone .... 

54 Psalm 133 Gregorian .... 

55 Micah 6: 6-8 C. J. Whittington 

56 Psalm 146 Unknown . . 

57 Isaiah 9: 2, 6, 7 . . . . G. Nelson Smith 

58 Isaiah 12 J. P. Stuart .... 

59 Psalm 100 George J. Webb . 

60 Psalm 103: 19-22 . . . Charles Norris 



INDEX OF THE CHANTS. 







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. Beethoven . 


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t„_;„Vi t;i • 9 2 

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J . -K. r^xieips • . , 


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Jrsaim i4o. l-o 


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CA 
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T)„„i ™ 102- a 17 

Jrsaim lUo. 0-1/ . . . 


From Beethoven 


c c 
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T)^„ 1 110. 9C 29 

Jrsaim 11V. co-oc . . , 


. j . is^itcnen .... 


DO 


Jrsaim I4y. o-y . 


George J. Webb 


£7 
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TcoioVi A9- in 19 

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w . ivusseii . . , 


£8 

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Jrsaim izi .... 


George J. Webb 


by 


T 9 • 9Q 29 


v^nara . . 


70 


TcoiaVi XX' 90 99 

isaian 00. l\)-cci . . . 


Gregorian . 


71 


isaian 01. 1-0 


George J. Webb 


7? 


Pcalm 1 ^A- 1 Q 9£ 


vxeorge j. wcdd . . 


1 


"Pcalm 11Q- Q7 10/L 

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George JT. Webb . 4 


1A 
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jrsaim loo. iy-zi 


Anonymous . . . 


7 "j 


TcaioVi 10- Q 1 1 

isaian 4U. 7-11 


G. K. Jackson . . 




T XT' 1 Q. C7 CQ 

1 iS^mgS O. 0/y OO 


Ingham .... 


77 


TTncon £ • 1 2 

nosea 0. 1-0 . 


W\ I/. Remsburg . 


78 


rceveiation iz. iu. /. iu . 


George J. Webb . . 


7Q 
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K.eveiation 1. 0-0 . 


. From a Gregorian 


80 
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Poi7o1ofinti 91-3 A 99-17 

-tceveiation zi. 0, 4. zz. 1/ 


George J. Webb . . 


81 
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Isaiah 64: 1-5 . . 


George J. Webb 


Q9 
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T 1-1 1 • £8 7 ? 

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Boyce .... 


82 
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xceveiation 17. 0-7 . . . 


. Woodward .... 


QA 
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Jrsaim llo .... 


(jeorgej. Webb 


QC 

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TcninVl AO- 1 1 

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George J. W^ebb . 


8£ 
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JtiaDaKKUK 0. 6-0 


Woodward . . 


87 


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George J. Webb 


Q1 

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Tcaia'h 9^- Q 


George J. ^Vebb . 


Q9 
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Tcoio Vi 41 • 1 7 90 

isaian 41. i/-^u . 


John Stainer, from Spohr 


QX 
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T)on1ftl 1 99 


ijauntieLL . 


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jrsaini ito. it- ^ri 


w. jj . jj-iiDert . . 


CK 

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isaian oo. 1-0 


. j . .K. j^neips 


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"Pcalm 1 9A 

jr saim izo .... 


Henry Smart . 


Q7 
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t„_ • 1. /I 2 • 1 2 11 

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. j. lurie . . . . 


98, 

70 


Z>cpild.Iild.il O. -LO-J-/ . . 


jdLKson, oi xvxeter 


99 


Habakkuk 3: 17-19 


. Charles Norris . 


100 


Psalm 24 . 


George J. Webb 


101 


Luke 1: 46-55 


. Unknown . 


102 


Isaiah 52: 7-10 . 


Trent .... 




TB DOMINUM . 


. J. R. Phelps . . 



796 INDEX OF THE CHANTS. 



CHANT MUSIC IN THE ANXIPHONS. 

, - , 

Page. Composer. -r^~ . Page, Composer. 

86 Gregorian . . .124 William H. Monk 

87 Gregorian . « . .125 R. Woodward 

88 Unknown . . .126 Chard 

89 G. Nelson Smith . . . 127 John Robinson . 

90 J. P. Stuart . . . 128 J. Battishill . 

91 J. P. Stuart . . . .129 Thomas S. Dupuis 

92 William H. Monk . . 130 F. A. G. Ouseley 
93- George J. Webb . . . 131 John Robinson . 

94 ■ Croft • . . . .132 J. Battishill . 

95 Pratt ■ 133 G. Nelson Smith . 

96 J. Battishill • . . . 134 Anonymous 

97 Thomas S. Dupuis . . 135 Handel 

98 George J. Blvey . .136 Purcell . 

99 G. Heathcote . . .137 Gauntlett . 

100 C. E. Stephens . . 138 F. A. G. Ouseley 

101 J. Jones . . . .139 Cooke . . 

102 A. R. Reinagle . . 140 F. A. G. Ouseley 

103 John Goss .... 141 Anonymous . 

104 J. P, Stuart . . . 142 J. F. Burrowes 

105 Unknown . . . . 143 Joseph Barnby 

106 Jackson, of Exeter . . 144 Anonymous 

107 Jackson, of Exeter . . 145 Charles Norris 

108 George J. Webb . . 146 From a Gregorian 

109 J. P. Stuart . . . .147 George J. Webb . 

110 Joseph Barnby ... 148 George J. Webb 

111 W. H. Havergal . . .149 Thomas S. Dupuis 

112 William Felton . .150 George J. Webb 

113 J. Turle, from Purcell . . 151 J. P. Stuart . 

114 G. A. Macfarren . . 152 G. A. Macfarren 

115 Anonymous . . . . 153 R. W. Dixon 

116 Beethoven . . . 154 Unknown 

117 Beethoven . . . . 155 Henry I^awes 

118 Brown .... 156 Anonymous 

119 John Stainer, from Spohr . 157 Ross . . . 

120 Edward J. Hopkins . 158 E. W. Bullinger 

121 Lord Morningtou . . 159 W. Smallwood . 

122 W. B. Gilbert- ... 160 L. T. Downes . 

123 A. Shaw . . . .161 J. P. Stuart . 



INDEX OF THE CHANTS. 



797 



Chant Music in the Antiphons. 



Page. 


Composer. 


Page. 


Composer. 


162 


W. Russell 


184 


George J. Webb 


163 


Charles Norris 


. 185 


George J. Webb ■ . 


164 


Henry Smart . 


186 


George J. Webb 


165 


John Goss . 


. 187 


J. P. Stuart .... 


166 


W. Jones . . - 


188 


Unknown 


167 


Randall 


. 189 


James Shaw. . . 


168 


Anonymous 


190 


F. A. G. Ouseley . 


169 


Anonymous . 


. 191 


B. St. J. B. Joule, from Spohr 


170 


Chard . 


192 


P. Humphries . 


171 


Cooke .... 


. 193 


George J. Webb . 


172 


George F. Root 


194 


Joseph Barnby . 


173 


Henry Smart 


. 195 


W. P. Propert . 


174 


Aldrich . 


196 


Anonymous 


175 


Unknown 


. 197 


Anonymous .... 


176 


From a Gregorian . 


. 198 


Oakeley .... 


177 


From a Gregorian 


. 199 


Unknown .... 


178 


J. F. Burro wes 


200 


W. Russell 


179 


Lord Mornington 


. 201 


Joseph Robinson . 


180 


S. Arnold 


202 


Aldrich .... 


181 


Greatorex . 


. 203 


Hiles . . . 


182 


A. R. Reinagle 


204 


B. St. J. B. Joule . 


183 


George J. Webb . 


. 205 


B. St. J. B. Joule 



CHANT MUSIC IN THE SACRAMENT OF THE HOLY SUPPER. 

Page. Composer. Page. Composer. 

400 Woodward . . . .402 George J. Webb . 

401 George J. Webb 



CHANT MUSIC IN THE GENERAL OFFICES. 



See Index of the Chants. 



INDEX OF THE HYMNS. 



First I,ines. 


Number. 


Page. 


Abide with me: fast falls the eventide . . . 


17 


522 


A herald voice the lonely desert cheers 


. 74 


586 


Alleluia! Praise the Savior . . . 


95 


607 


Almighty Father, God of L,ove • . . . 


. 101 


613 


Almighty God, in humble prayer .... 




678 


Amazing, beauteous change ..... 


. 110 


622 




8 


511 


Angel bands in strains sweet sounding 


. 144 


667 


Angels, from the realms of glory .... 




650 




. 148 


672 


At Thy command I leave my all . . . 


13 


517 


Begin, my soul, the exalted lay .... 


. 132^ 


649 


Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power . 


130 


646 




. .147 


671 


Break Thou the Bread of life . . 


91 


603 


Brightest and best of the sons of the morning . 


. 77 


589 


Calm on the listening ear of night 




708 


Cast thy burden upon the I^ord .... 




695 


Cast upon the Iyord thy care ..... 


4 


505 




. 25 


530 


Come, Thou Almighty King . . . . . 


41 


549 




. 19 


524 




65 


577 


Come unto me when shadows darkly gather 


. 151 


676 


Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish 


16 


521 






647 


Daughter of Zion, awake from thy sadness . 




631 




... 20 


525 


Father, to us, Thy children humbly kneeling 


120 


633 


Father, whate'er of earthly bliss .... 


. 28 


533 


Father, whose hand hath led me so securely 


88 


600 


Fierce raged the tempest o'er the deep 


. 18 


523 




6 


508 


For the I^ord is mindful of His own .... 


. 159 


702 


Fret not, poor soul: while doubt and fear 


134 


651 




. 23 


528 


Glorious things of thee are spoken 


36 


543 



(798) 



INDEX OF THE HYMNS. 




799 


First I^ines. 


Number. 


Page. 


Glory flaming in .the cloud , 


. 26 


531 


Glory, honor, exaltation ...... 


85 


597 


God incarnate, veil Thy splendor ..... 


. 98 


610 


God is the refuge of His saints . . 


jh or. 71 


583 


God of the living, in whose eyes 


. 60 


572 


Grant us Thy peace, down from Thy heavens falling . 


109 


621 


Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah . 


3 


504 


Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning 


108 


620 


Hark, hark, my soul ! Angelic songs are swelling . 


. 158 


696 


Hark ! the herald angels sing ...... 


34 


541 




5 


507 


Haste, traveler, haste ! the night comes on . 


47 


556 


Heavenly Father, graciously hear us .... 


. 10 


513 


Heavenly Father, to whose eye . . . 


i saorSQ , J 


559 


He knows the bitter, weary way . . . 


. 107 


619 


High in the heavens, eternal God . 


69 


581 


Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty .... 


7 


509 


Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts .... 


100 


612 


Holy night ! peaceful night 


. 68 


580 


Hosanna to the Living Lord ...... 


118 


631 


I ask not now for gold to gild ...... 


. 39 


547 


I bow in utter need and mortal weakness 


154 


682 


I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be ... 


. 129 


645 


Immortal love forever full ...... 


161 


704 


It came upon the midnight clear 


. 11 


515 




75 


587 


Jerusalem, the golden ! city of the blest 


. 27 


532 


Jesus, I my cross have taken ...... 


14 


519 




35 


542 


Jesus, Savior, Heavenly Father ..... 


51 


561 


Jesus, Savior, pilot me .......... 


.. 89 


601 


Jesus, Savior, risen Lord ...... 


97 


609 




58 


570 


Joy to the world, the Lord is come .... 


123 


637 


Keep us, our Father, from the snares and dangers . 


. 150 


674 


Lamp of our feet, whereby we trace . . . - 


64 


576 


Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom 


9 


513 


Lead us, O Father, in the paths of peace 


156 


692 


Lift up your heads, rejoice . . . . 


. 165 


719 


Lord of all being, throned afar 


32 


537 


Lord of our life, and God of our salvation 


. 53 


564 


Lord, Thy glory fills the heaven ..... 


94 


606 




112 


624 



8oo 



INDEX OF THE HYMNS. 



First I^ines. 


Number. 


Page. 


Messiah, at Thy glad approach • > • • • 


• o/ 






OA 


S9Q 

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Nearer, my God, to Thee 


7r» 
70 


CQO 

OoZ 


Now when the dusky shades of night retreating . „ 


1 ^ 
• 100 


Ooo 




11 


CAA 
044 


for the peace that floweth as a river . 


CO 

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CHI 

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O Fount of mercy, God of love . . . . 


60 


CI c 

OOO 


O Heavenly Father, let our praise . . . 


1 9£ 
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04U 


O help us, L/Ord, each hour of need .... 


£1 

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K7X 


O Jesus Christ, alone to Thee ...... 


. l3y 


660 


Jesus Christ, Redeemer, L/ord ..... 


ft9 

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074 




CO 


C71 
3/ 1 


O let my trusting heart be still . . . 


1 X7 
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£^7 
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O L/ight, whose beams illumine all . . 


1U0 


Olo 


O T r\rr\ r\f lift* tti<=» TVnfVi fVi<=* WTa it 

kj i^oro. 01 me, ine irutn, tne way .... 


. 1 


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O L/ord, Thy love through heavenly spheres descending 


45 


C C7 
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perfect I^ove ! all human thought transcending 


tAX 

. 140 


060 


O praise ye the L/ord ! prepare your glad voice . . 


Ad 

. 4U 


045 


O precious sign and seal of heavenly union . . 


. DO 


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render thanks to God above ..... 


QX 

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O sad and anxious heart, the Iyord will keep thee . . 


• lit 


£9£ 
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O Savior, stretch Thy mighty arm , . . . . 


. Z 


OUo 




1 1 X 


£9^ 
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O Thou that rulest earth, and sky, and sea . 


i nx 
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£A C 

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O Thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides . . 


IX 
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OoO 




Q9 


6U4 




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KA 


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Pilgrim on life's dreary ocean 


QO 


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Praise, L/ord, for Thee in Zion waits . . . . 


110 


£97 

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Praise the L/ord ! from heaven praise Him 


110 


£9Q 

ozy 


Praise the L/ord ! ye heavens, adore Him . . . 


9Q 

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004 


Praise to God, immortal praise ..... 


QA 
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3yO 


Praise ye our Father, for His loving kindness . . . 


10 


con 
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jridijsc ye liic l^uiu : liiiiiior idi Liioir .... 


. o\j 


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Praise ye the Iyord ! praise ye the I^ord most holy 


. 125 


639 


Rejoice to-day with one accord 


102 


614 




, 128 


643 




31 


536 



lNDI^X Ob IHfc, HYMNb. 




oOI 


First Ijnes. 


Number. 


Page. 


Rise, crowned, with light, imperial Salem, rise 


122 


636 


Rise glorious Conqueror rise 


142 


664 


Roll out, song, to God 


138 


659 


VJCl V IL/l , Ul LaLllV. all t\dilllL^ Uito.JlllLj • • . • 


149 


673 


V )L L j OU11 lllO jJWWVl dWdJv^p » • . . . 


121 


635 


Qrm q nf m pn IipIi n1 A frntn far 

VJwllo Ml 111^11, UtllvlLl 11 Will lai 


78 


590 


Sound over all waters reach out from all lands 


163 


713 


Still will we trust, though earth seem dark and dreary 


57 


569 


Summer suns are glowing 


93 


605 




141 


663 


PVi Vi r^tn p»1 a 11 ri tVif^ Ti r\tn Qtin 

1 11C llWlllClclllU , 111C HWlllClclllvl . . • . . 


119 


632 


The L/ord God Jesus Christ doth reign 


153 


680 


The L/ord Jehovah lives ....... 


111 


623 


The X/Ord my pasture shall prepare 


12 


516 


T^Vif^ T ,r\vf\ run* f^nn w j f± Tirtiic;** 

i lie i/vi u will v J \ j\ l uiaio^ ...... 


104 


616 


PVif-ff- ic q cf^rPQin "wVincf* o*PTit"1f- fl f\\A7 

i hci c lo a v5Li tain wiiusc t: cunt nuw ..... 


45 


553 


^PVip^t^'q tint q Viifn 1x71 tTi 1ntif-1\7 tif-Qt" 

1 UCl C o 11UL CL Ullu Willi IvllCl V 11LOL .... 


164 


716 


There's nothing bright, above, below 


44 


552 


The Savior reigns, the Iyord most High 


72 


584 


The strife is o'er the battle done ..... 


86 


598 


The sunshine to the flower may give ..... 


160 


703 


The way is long and dreary 


46 


555 


Thine arm, O L/ord, in days of old .... 


21 


526 


Thine forever; God of love ...... 


. 81 


593 


Thou art, O Lord, the Iyife and Light .... 


49 


558 


Thou art our watchful Shepherd, Iyord .... 


22 


527 


Thou that from the heavens art . . 


105 


617 


Thy voice, O Iyord, from darkness calls .... 


. 140 


661 


Thy way, not mine, O Iyord . 


43 


551 


Thy will be done: In devious ways ..... 


. 99 


611 


Thy Word is like a garden, Iyord ..... 


67 


579 




8 


511 


Triumphant Zion, lift thy head ..... 


38 


545 


Wake, awake ! for night is flying ..... 


33 


539 


Watchman, tell us of the night ..... 


136 


655 


Watch o'er me, O my Savior, ever}' hour . . . . 


. 56 


567 


We ask not, L/ord, a pathway always bright . 


76 


588 


W^hen all Thy mercies, O my God ..... 


. 146 


669 


Wlien Jordan hushed his waters still .... 


96 


608 


W^hen, marshalled on the nightly plain .... 


. 79 


591 


When, streaming from the eastern skies 


127 


641 


When sunlight o'er the earth is streaming 


. 135 


653 


While Thee I seek, protecting power .... 


55 


566 


With songs and honors sounding loud .... 


. 145 


668 



802 



INDEX OF THE HYMNS. 



AUTHORS AND COMPOSERS. 



Iymn. Author of the Words. 

1 Unknown . 

2 Clifford Smyth 

3 William Williams 

4 Knglish Conference Hymns 

5 James Montgomery 

6 J. M. Neale, from the Greek, 

7 Reginald Heber 

8 Martin L,uther (Dox. — adapted) 

9 John H. Newman 

10 Unknown 

11 Edmund H. Sears 

12 Joseph Addison 

13 Evelyn E. Plummer 

14 Henry F. Uyte 

15 Unknown . 

16 Thomas Moore 

17 Henry F. Uyte . 

18 Godfrey Thring . 

19 Gerard Moultrie, altered . 

20 E. Craige Mitchell, arranged 

21 Edward H. Plumptre 

22 Evelyn E. Plummer . 

23 Paul Gerhardt, tr. John Wesley 

24 Charlotte Elliott . 

25 W. F. Pendleton 

26 W. F. Pendleton . 

27 D. H. Howard .... 

28 Anne Steele .... 

29 John Kempthorne 

30 Alice Flowerdew . 

31 Henry H. Milman . 

32 Oliver Wendell Holmes 

33 C. Winkworth, from the German 

34 Charles Wesley . 

35 Charlotte Elliott 

36 John Newton 

37 Unknown 

38 Philip Doddridge . 

39 John G. Whittier 

40 Nahum Tate . . . 



Composer of the Music. 
Ch. Zeuner .... 
Andreas Hofer .... 
Beethoven .... 
Xavier Schuyler von Wartensee 

Haydn 

Rossini 
J. B. Dykes . 
Martin Uuther . 
J. B. Dykes . 
Beethoven 
Iv. Spohr 

John Reading, 1680 
M. Vulpius, 1620 . 
Mendelssohn . 
Joseph Barnby 
Samuel Webbe . 
William H. Monk 
J. B. Dykes 
Flemming . 
Victoria Hayden 
Bach . 
C. H. Rinck . 
Albert G. Methfessel 
J. B. Dykes 
C. J. Whittington 
C. J. Whittington 
Alexander Ewing 
Lowell Mason . 
Haydn . 
Handel . 
J. B. Dykes . 
Francis Linley . 
Philipp Nicolai, Har. 
Mendelssohn . 
Haydn . 

Ithamar Conkey 
German air . 
William Knapp 
Mendelssohn 
Haydn 



by Mendelssohn 



INDEX OP THE HYMNS. 



803 



Authors and Composers. 



Hymn. Author of the Words. Composer of the Music. 



41 


Charles Wesley 


Felice Giardini . 




42 


Charles Wesley 


Beethoven 




43 


Horatius Bonar 


Joseph Barnby 




44 


Thomas Moore 


Weber . . . . 




45 


Isaac Watts .... 


Ivowell Mason 




46 


Adelaide A. Procter 


Schubert . 




47 


William B. Colly er . 






48 


Evelyn E. Plummer 


F. Hewlett . 




49 


Thomas Moore .... 


Josiah Booth 




50 


Josiah Conder . . 


Reinecke . . 


. 


51 


W. F. Pendleton 


Michael Costa 




52 


Jane Crewdson 


Henry Smart . . . r . 


i 


53 


M. A. von l/owenstern 


Joseph Barnby 




54 


New Churchman, arr. by E. E. P. 


Samuel S. Wesley . 




55 


Helen M. Williams . 


Josiah Booth . - 




56 


Evelyn E. Plummer 


Joseph Barnby . 




57 


William H. Burleigh 


Handel 




58 


Thomas B. Pollock 


Johann Rosenmuller 




59 


Evelyn E. Plummer 


Beethoven . 




60 


John Ellerton 


J. B. Dykes 




61 


Henry H. Milman . 


Rossini . . ' 




62 


Henry W. Baker . 


Joseph Barnby . 




63 


Isaac Watts .... 


Scotch Psalter, 1615 . 




64 


Bernard Barton 


Joseph Barnby 




65 


Briggs Collection 


Joseph Barnby 




66 


Evelyn E. Plummer 


Edward J. Hopkins . 




67 


Edwin Hodder . . . . 


Joseph Barnby 




68 


Joseph Mohr .... 


Tyrolese Hymn 




69 


Isaac Watts .... 


Francois Hippolite Barthelemon . 


70 


Sarah F. Adams . 


Old English Melody 




71 


Isaac Watts .... 


Schumann . 




72 


Evelyn E. Plummer 


Besse E. Colley 




73 


Samuel Johnson, from Boethius 


Joseph Barnby 




74 


Alexander Pope . 


J. B. Dykes 




75 


Henri A. C. Malan . 


Schumann . 




76 


William H. Burleigh . 


Joseph Barnby . 




77 


Reginald Heber 


J. P. Harding 




78 


Charles Wesley 


Edwin Flood . . 




79 


Henry K. White 


J. B. Calkin. 




80 


George Rawson 


Mendelssohn . 




81 


Mary F. Maude 


Ignaz Pleyel 




82 


Adapted .... 


Beethoven 





804 



INDEX OF THE HYMNS. 



Authors and Composers. 



Hymn. Author of the Words. 

83 Nahum Tate . 

84 Anna Iy. Barbauld 

85 Adapted . 

86 F. Pott, from the Latin 

87 Michael Bruce . 

88 Carl J. P. Spitta . 

89 Edward Hopper 

90 Unknown . . . 

91 Mary A. Iyathbury . 

92 John E. Bowers . 

93 William W. How 

94 Adapted 

95 Adapted . 

96 Thomas Campbell 

97 Evelyn E. Plummer 

98 Adapted 

99 John Bowring . . 

100 James Montgomery 

101 Evelyn E. Plummer 

102 Henry W. Baker . 

103 W. F. Pendleton . 

104 Adapted 

105 H.W. Ivongfellow, from Goethe. 

106 Edward H. Plumptre . 

107 Marian Longfellow . 

108 Thomas Hastings . 

109 Eliza Scudder . 

110 Philip Doddridge . 

111 Thomas Hastings 

112 Henry W. Baker . 

113 James Montgomery . 

114 Evelyn E. Plummer 

115 Henry F. Lyte . 

116 Benjamin H. Kennedy 

117 Unknown . 

118 Reginald Heber . 

119 Hugh R. Haweis 

120 James F. Clarke . 

121 Joachim Neander 

122 Alexander Pope . 

123 Isaac Watts 

124 William W. How . 

125 Margaret C. Campbell 

126 Adapted 



Composer of the Music 
Arthur S. Sullivan 
J. B. Dykes 
John Stainer 
Rubinstein 
Edward Hodges 
Franz Abt 
Gounod 
Joseph Barnby 
Lowell Mason 
Joseph Barnby . 
Miller . 

Samuel S. Wesley 
Arthur S. Sullivan 
Joseph Barnby . 
Anonymous . 
Henry Smart . 
Joseph Barnby 
Joseph Barnby . 
Handel 

Joseph Barnby . 
John Stainer 
Hebrew Melody 
J. B. Calkin . 
Joseph Barnby 
Alfred R. Gaul 
Gounod . 
Joseph Barnby 
Handel . 
C. Steggall . 
Anonymous 
Joseph Barnby 
J. B. Dykes 
Haydn . 
Henry Smart 
Henry Smart 
C. Iy. Williams 
Arthur S. Sullivan 
Joseph Barnby . 
Henry Smart 
A. F. von Iywoff 
Handel 

Henry Smart . 
John Stainer 
Gastorius, Harmonized by Bach 



INDEX OF THE HYMNS. 



Authors an 

Hymn. Author of the Words. 

127 William Schrubsole . 

128 Arranged by Mrs. G. N. Smith 

129 Adelaide A. Procter . 

130 Horatius Bonar 

131 B. H. Plumptre, from the Iyatin. 

132 John Ogilvie .... 

133 James Montgomery . 

134 Adelaide A. Procter 

135 Emilie Schneider 

136 John Bowring 

137 John Bowring, altered 

138 Frank Sewall 

139 Adapted 

140 Evelyn B. Plummer . 

141 Bliza Scudder . . . 

142 Matthew Bridges . 

143 Dorothy F. Bloomfield . 

144 John De Wolf 

145 Isaac Watts . 

146 Joseph Addison 

147 John H. Hopkins 

148 John Stuart Blackie 

149 James Bdmeston 

150 Evelyn E. Plummer 

151 Catherine Bsling 

152 James Montgomery 

153 Rev. Edward C. Bostock, arr. 

154 Evelyn E. Plummer 

155 Unknown . . . . 

156 William H. Burleigh . 

157 Psalm 55: 22, etc. 

158 Frederick W. Faber . 

159 Psalm 115: 12, 14. Adapted . 

160 Bernard Barton 

161 John G. Whittier 

162 Edmund H. Sears 

163 John G. Whittier 

164 W. B. Noel .... 

165 Thomas T. Ivynch . 



1 Composers. 

Composer of the Music. 

Haydn 

Joseph Barnby . . 

John Stainer 

Horatio W. Parker . 

F. Spinney .... 

Henry Smart .... 

Henry Smart 

Arthur S. Sullivan . . 

Franz Abt .... 

E. Elvey 

Joseph Barnby 

Julian K. Smyth 

Gastorius, Harmonized by Bach 

Henry Hiles .... 

John Stainer . 

J. B. Dykes . . 

Besse E. Colley . 

Joseph Barnby .... 

Samuel A. Ward . 

Anonymous .... 

W. W. Gilchrist . 

John K. Paine .... 

George C. Stebbins 

George A. Blackman 

Mendelssohn 

Mendelssohn .... 

Richard Wagner . 

C. J. Whittington . 

Th. Kullak .... 

Mendelssohn .... 

Mendelssohn 

Hummel 

Mendelssohn 

Alfred S. Gatty . 

Franz Abt .... 

George A. Blackman 

W. W. Gilchrist . 

J. Tyson-Wolff 

Mendelssohn 



INDEX OF THE ANTHEMS. 



First I,ines. 


Number. 


Page. 


JjCllUH-l, IIUW gUUU dllU. iiUW piCdbdllL 1L lb . . . 


c. 
o 


nil 


"R1 i^cQ^rl tViR tniiti tx t Vi<~* r*riti "fi rl ^f"Vi iti fVif^ T ,r»T*rl 

JjlCooCU L11C llldll W 11KJ CCllllLiCLll 111 L11C 1^\JL LI • • 


1 4 




Pntn p n n T"/~* in /=* Qll T"f^ tri q t* 1qpi/~\t* ann n t"A pin t*/i f^ti £*/i 
V^UlllC U.11 HJ IllC, dll \ C LllciL idUUI dllLL die UU1 L1C11CL1 • • 


1 C 

. 10 


7£9 


rif\ T tf} flnn iti »i - rlf 1 Tiicrlipcf" 

VJlUi \ LU VJUU 111 Li i L .Lilt; 1 J. to L ■ • * • . 


? 

. Li 


79/1 
/ Z4 


Great and wonderful are Thy works . 




/ JO 


How good, are thy tents, Jacob 


1 


/ JO 


IwW lo C*J111C L11C bdl\dLlUll dllt-1 L11C oLIClliilll • • • 


JL 


799 
/ ZZ 


W blilg HJ VJTUL1 ^<JH1 11 \ 11111a VJ1 gidLillCob ... 


Q 


7 AO 
1 4Z 


Praj* for the peace of Jerusalem . , . . 


Q 
7 


7 ?n 


1 11C1 C 15 JVy 111 L11C UI CJ5C11LC Ul LtlC dllscClb Ul VJULI 


7 


7 3< 
/Ob 


The voice of one crying in the wilderness 


11 


754 


Thou wilt show me the path of life .... 


. 4 


728 


Unto us a Child is born . . . 


3 


726 


What shall I render to the Lord . . 


. 12 


757 


Worthy is the Lamb that was slain 


5 


730 



SOURCES AND COMPOSERS. 



Source of the Words. 



Composer of the Music 



1 


Revelation 12: 10, 12. 15: 3, 4. 


Kent . 


2 


Luke 2: 14 . . 


George J. Webb 


3 


Isaiah 9:6 


George J. Webb 


4 


Psalm 16: 11 . . ". . 


Unknown 


5 


Revelation 5: 12, 13 


George J. Webb 


6 


Psalm 133: 1, 3 . 


George J. Webb 


7 


Luke 15: 10. Revelation 7: 16, 17 


Arthur S. Sullivan 


8 


B. Webb . . gffomytfoiiA 


Gounod . 


9 


Psalm 122: 6, 7 


C. J. Whittington 


10 


Numbers 24: 5, 6 


C. J. Whittington 


11 


Isaiah 40: 3-5 . 


C. J. Whittington 


12 


Psalm 116: 12-14 . . . . 


C. J. Whittington 


13 


Revelation 15: 3, 4 . 


C. J. Whittington 


14 


Jeremiah 17: 7, 8 


C. J. Whittington 


15 


Matthew 11: 28-30 . 


C. J. Whittington 



Composer of the Music 

1 C. J. Whittington . 

2 A. S. Cooper 

3 Berthold Tours 

4 J. P. Stuart . 

5 C. J. Whittington . 

6 Spohr . 

Amens 



THE SANCTUS. 

Composer of the Music. 
. 7 J. T. Field . 

8 J. R. Phelps . 
.9 J. B. Calkin 

10 Berthold Tours 
. 11 A. J. Eyre . 

12 Battison Haynes . 

Johann G. Naumann. 



MUSIC IN THE GENERAL OFFICES. 

Page. First Lines. Composer of the Music. 

6,14,21. The Lord God hear our prayer . . G.P.Harris . 

28' 37 \ 47. Heavenlv Father, graciously hear us. Beethoven . . . 

56 63 70. The Lord God hear our prayer . . From Arthur S. Sullivan. 

60l 67, 74. Alleluia From Handel . 

(806) 



CHANTING. 



In adapting the music of the Chants in this Liturgy, as well as in 
the placing of the accents and the dividing of the lines, the endeavor 
has been to preserve the sense and rhythm of the words as far as possible, 
this being of paramount importance. In nearly all cases it will be 
found that the marking indicates the most natural rendering of the 
lines. 

The following Instructions are given as an aid to correct and 
uniform Chanting. Once familiar with the system of marking, a 
congregation should be able to sing any Chant at sight. 

S ; ihdi 

The words, from the beginning of each line up to the accented 
syllable, are called the Recitatio7i. The note on which the Recitation is 
made is called the Reciting Note. There is no pause in the Recitation 
except where punctuation occurs. 

The words, from the accented syllable to the end of each line, are 
called the Cadence. On reaching the accent, and beginning with it, the 
music of the Chant properly commences, in strict time {a tempo), the 
upright lines corresponding to the bars of the music. From the accent 
to the first upright line, the words correspond to the first measure of 
the music. The Recitation, therefore, may be considered as outside 
the Chant, and may be of any length. When the line begins with the 
accent, there is no Recitation. 

The Cadence is sung without pause of any kind. Where more than 
two syllables occur in a single measure of the Cadence, a dot is placed to 
indicate the proper division of the syllables. Punctuation within the 
upright lines has the force of the dot. When there are two or more 
syllables in the last measure of the Cadence, they are to be sung as they 
would be pronounced in speaking. 

The Accent mark, a, is adopted as the simplest and least conspicu- 
ous in common use. It indicates the beginning of the Cadence. The 
accented syllable is not to be sung louder than the rest. It is important 
that there should be no break or pause between the Recitation and the 
Accent. 

(807) 



8o8 



CHANTING. 



Good Chanting is neither too rapid nor too slow. The happy 
medium is attained by unhesitating and deliberate utterance as in 
speaking. 

The final ed is to be pronounced wherever it occurs. It is so 
marked only in special instances. 

The article "the" is long before a vowel, short before a consonant. 

Take breath only at the end of lines, or at punctuation in the 
Recitation. 



The following Examples will show the correct rendering of the 
various lines. As a rule the accented syllable is held longer than the 
others in the first measure, but occasional exceptions are made neces- 
sary by the sense and rhythm of the words. Example No. I in each 
case indicates the most frequent rendering. 

When there is no syllable after the accent: — 



RECITATION. 



CADENCE. 
A tempo. 



D 



S3 



It is good to give thanks | un-to • the I Lord, 



m 



Chant i j. 



2. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord | all the | earth; 

y — 



Chant 22. 



I 



For Thou |shalt en | large my | heart. 

Chant 65. 

When one syllable follows the accent: — 



1 



BE 



1 . He hath put down the might-y | from their j seats, 



■& T^r 



And ex 



alt - ed I them of | low de | gree; 

Chant 101. 



CHANTING. 



809 



RECITATION. 



CADENCE. 
A tempo. 



1 



£h 



2a. 



Although the fig tree | shall not | blossom, 



Chant gg. 



I 



2b. For Thy name's sake| lead | me and | guide me. 

Chant 1. 























(5> 


\ 


* 


g tw B- 






















1 















j3. The righteous shall flour-ish J like the [palm tree; 



Chant 3. 



When two syllables folloiv the accent :- 




: 


RECITATION. 


CADENCE 





m 



A tempo. 



^ w- 



i 



1, My voice shalt Thou hear in the| morn-ing, O [Lord; 



Chant 14. 



I 



l 



1 — i — r 



9 



T 



2a. The princes of the peo-ple are | gath-er-ed • to | gether, 



Chant 13. 



I 



m 



17 

2b. 



And the ter-rors of I death are | fal-len • up [ on me, 

Chant 12. 



i 



RFT- TTT = £= i 

I » < g -#- 9 9 &- 



1 



St 



3a. Purge me with hys-sop,and|I shall • be [clean; 

Antiphons, p. 104. 



8io 



CHANTING. 



RECITATION. 



1 



CADENCE. 
A tempo. 



I 



3 



I 



-f2 «- 



3b. When thou passest through the wa-ters, I |will be | with thee; 



m 



— #- 



-g> s> 



And through the riv-ers,they | shall not | o-ver | flow thee; 

Chant 97. 

When three syllables follow the acce?it: — 

RECITATION. CADENCE. 

A tempo. 








^ — \— 






* — 








=11 






==m — 




^> — 





Thy way O God is in the | sane - tu 



ary; 



Chant 16. 



■72- 



1 



i — z? 

lb. The Word which He com-mand-ed to a J thou-sand | gen - er | ations. 

Chant j/. 



-(2- 



lc. 



Sing prais-es to His | name, for | it is | pleasant. 

Chant 45. 



9 9 9 — # 'I =! 



IE 



2a. 



Wash me thor-ough-ly from | mine in | iquity, 

Antiphons, p. i8g 



t==m 



9—1—9—-* 



1 



2b, Eong suf-fer-ing and | plenteous -in [mer-cy-and| truth. 

Gto* 87. 



























m fMi 1 » * * 









3a. For He shall hide me in His pa- vil-ion in the | day of |evil; 



Chant 2. 



CHANTING. 



8ll 



RECITATION. 



i 



CADENCE. 
A tempo. 









* & 







3b,Who among the sons of the mighty canbe|li-ken«ed|to the |Lord? 

Antiphons, p. 117 



4a. Thon didst ascend on high, leading cap ] tiv-i • ty | captive; 

7> Dominum. 



4b. I am for peace, but when I|vSpeak they jare for [war. 

Chant 40. 



4c Make a joyful noise un-to the | Lord 



|all the [earth; 

Chant 59. 



1 I I 1 



* — g — 9 



And He de- Hv-er-ed them | out 

When four syllables follow the accent:— 

RECITATION. CADENCE. 

A tempo. 



of I their dis | tresses. 

Chant 44. 



i 



1 . Lift up your hands in the sanc-tu-a-ry and | bless the | Lord ; 



Chant 5J. 





y fr^ii 


T TV P 1 -1 

9 9— 


9 — 








1 













2. The ex-cel-len-cy of I Ja - cob | whom He | loved. 

1 Chant 13. 



m 



ft [S pv N - 



P ^ 



3 .He had horns out of His hand, and there was the | hid-ing | of His | power. 

Chant 86. 



812 



CHANTING. 



When there is no Recitation:- 
.1 A tempo. 

A i i 


M ! 1 H 




--^ ^- 

| that my 


| ways. 
Chant jj. 




j -j T \— 


=t= 




His | woi 


# 

i - ders • 


* z*- 

a | mon| 


1 all 


W J 

people. 

Chant 6. 




— H + 


1 


i r — 






£ ' • ^ b_s ^™ 





Strength and | beau - ty • are | in His | sanctuary. 

Chant 6. 













H- 
-*— 






Save us, 


o 


| Iyord our 

^4 ntipho 

: 1 1 T 


| God, 
ns, p. 93. 


life ^=q= 


4 s - 


Thou art my | 


por-tion, O 


Lord; 



Chant 28. 





r-» * » 




fH 1 








M-. J. .J 




— 







Praise Him in the | firm - a • ment | of His | power. 

Chant 46. 



-oU—i ! — 1 — ^ 












& — 


— m 9 9 


^ m 


1 1— 




\ 


r 








— rt rt — 








Sing 


un - to the 


Lord 


all the 


earth. 



Chant 6. 



RUBRIC NOTKS. 



The Minister may kneel in silent prayer at the beginning of 
Worship, and after the Benediction. 

The individual worshipper may kneel in silent prayer on entering 
and before leaving church. 

Selections from the Sentences of Scripture may be used for the 
Offertory, or on other occasions. 

The General Prayer at the beginning of the Offices may be repeated 
by the Minister alone, or he may substitute other suitable Prayers. 

The Responsives which follow the Lord's Prayer may be omitted 
and instead thereof the Minister may repeat a short prayer, which will 
be followed by the singing of the Sanctus, the People standing. 

The Commandments may be omitted in the Offices of Humiliation, 
and instead thereof the Minister may repeat one or more suitable 
Prayers, as in the Offices of Glorification; or, the Prayers may also be 
omitted, and the Third Lesson follow the Chant, the People sitting. 

In the Offices of Glorification the Prayers after the Antiphon may 
be omitted, and the Third Lesson follow the third portion of the 
Antiphon, the People sitting. 

In the Offices of Glorification the Antiphon may be omitted, or 
only one portion used, when a short Service is desired. 

The Commandments may be used in the Offices of Glorification, at 
the discretion of the Minister. 

In the Offices, the Minister may read the Commandments in full; 
as, when the Holy Supper is administered, or at the Festivals. 

In announcing the First and Second Lessons the Minister may say, 
The Word of the Lord as it is written in such a chapter of such a book. 
In announcing the Third Lesson the Minister tmry say, The Word of 
the Lord in the Heavenly Doctrine as it is written in such a book, such 
a number. After every Lesson the Minister may say, Here endeth the 
first, second, or third Lesson. After announcing the close of the Third 
Lesson the Minister may say, The Lord add His blessing to the reading 
of His Word. 

The Minister may use the following Ascription before the sermon, 
In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 
Amen. 

(8i3) 



8i4 



RUBRIC NOTES. 



When the Amen after the Prayers is to be said by the People alone, 
it is placed in Italics; but when it is to be said by the Minister and 
People together, it is placed in Roman type. In a few instances, as in 
the Blessings, the Ame?i is to be said by the Minister alone. 

When there is occasion for a short Service, the Twelfth General 
Office, or the first portion of any General Office, may be used. 

In the Antiphons the organist should play over the music of the 
Chant, or a few bars thereof, before the Minister reads; this rule should 
apply both to the first and second Chant. 

The Minister at his discretion may cause the responses of the 
Antiphons to be read by the People instead of being sung. 

The Antiphons are so arranged that they may form a kind of 
Christian year, beginning with the Advent at Christmas, and using 
about two every month, omitting the months of July, August and 
September. The Thanksgiving Antiphon may be introduced in any 
month of the year. 

In the Psalter, the Minister and People shall read in alternate lines. 
When the ternaries occur, the third line shall be read by the Minister 
and People together. The Selection from the Psalter may be read by 
the Minister and People in unison. 

Instead of reading from the General Doctrine in this liturgy, the 
Minister v&?cy on suitable occasion read one of the summaries of doctrine 
in the Book of Doctrine. 

The first portion of the Office for the Holy Supper may be used 
when the Supper is administered, or on some previous occasion as a 
preparatory Service. 

In the Marriage Service, when a ring is used, the form in the old 
Academy Liturgy may be followed, the words being said by the 
Minister alone, to which the Bride and Bridegroom respond. 

The Bride and Bridegroom may change places after rising from the 
Blessing, instead of at the point indicated in the Rubric of the 
Marriage Service. 

If the music of any Chant, Hymn, or Anthem in this Liturgy be 
found too high for the voices of any congregation, it may be transposed 
to a suitable key by the organist. 

The Amen on page 780 may be used at the close of any music in 
this Liturgy. 



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